From Alpine Myth to Triumphant Tourism

National swiss history means the ideological, political and institutional points of reference which created an Alpine model of tourism.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-4/alpine-myth-tourism/

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Finding Indigenous Perspectives in Quebec’s History Curriculum

Quebec’s history curriculum prior to 1996 shows that little consideration was given to Indigenous history.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/10-2022-2/indigenous-perspectives-quebec-history/

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Guerre, après-guerre et post-après-guerre

Could some of Sloterdijk’s disturbing interpretations of French-German relations since 1945 turn out to be right? And should they be worrying to us?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-5/german-french-reconciliation/

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What’s History For?

Questions on the purpose of history and history traditions are far from new, but they reach us as educators with greater force then ever. Defining the purpose of any school subject is a crucial task.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-21/history-traditions/

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Witnesses of Civic Engagement

Public history strives to question history in the making and to cast additional light on the present. What can we learn from those who break the law to help fugitives in an act of civic engagement?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-19/civic-engagement/

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Audio-visual Production and Public History

Very few historians actually produce (documentary) films. Producing documentary films provides students – all historians – with skills to engage and communicate with different publics.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-16/documentary-films/

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Brewing History as a Public Experience

The history of food and beverage offers many public history opportunities. It can be used to teach about transportation, exchanges in the early modern period, the industrial revolution, and immigration.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-36/beer-history/

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Removing the “Past”: Debates Over Official Sites of Memory

How should governments respond to demands for removing historic monuments and renaming sites of memory? What role could historical consciousness play with respect...

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-29/removing-past-official-memory/

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War Photo Limited. Another Look at War

In 1991 began the siege of Dubrovnik by the Yugoslav army, controlled by the Serbs. The siege was widely covered by the media. Since 2004 a photo gallery in this city devotes itself exclusively to war photography.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-18/another-look-at-war/

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