Bon Appétit: Food and Public History

Public history of food encompasses new interests in everyday life, family history, local memories, participatory model, and visitors’ wish to experience the past.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-14/food-public-history/

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Seeing the “Big Picture” in Canadian History

To pass judgement on the 'progress' or 'decline' of a society over time, a big-picture perspective on history is needed. These big-picture frameworks are also important for history teaching.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-8/are-things-getting-better-or-worse-seeing-the-big-picture-in-canadian-history1/

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The Force of Fiction

...to understand the past differently: These are some of the forces of fiction. It also reminds us that reality never speaks for itself; the narrative choices and the language used are not neutral.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-5/the-force-of-fiction/

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Charlottesville and the Controversial Past in Belgium

Charlottesville 2017. The Belgian press took over the topic a few days later and returned to the issue of monuments and street names: l’héritage colonial.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-42/charlottesville-and-belgium/

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