Sounding the Silences: History, Revision and Inclusion

Histories, like narratives in general, can foreground or exclude. The choice of narrative subject is an inclusory and an exclusionary gesture.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/10-2022-2/history-revision-inclusion/

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De-colonizing Public History – at the Humboldt Forum?

How can historiography be decolonized in a German institution which is the exhibition site for Berlin’s historical ethnological collections?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonizing-humboldt-forum/

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A Difficult Legacy with Major Opportunities

The Benin Bronzes have given rise to what is probably the most prominent international discussion concerning looted art.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/benin-bronzes-legacy/

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The Decolonization of the “Conquest” in Mexico

The political leadership of Mexico is using the country’s double anniversary in 2021 to decolonize its Public History.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonization-conquest-mexico/

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“Decolonizing Public History?”

Monthly Editorial November 2021 Abstract: The editorial explains the attraction that colonies had for the European bourgeois world – through scientific interest, “scientific,” from today’s perspective pseudo-scientific racism, as well... Read More ›

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonizing-public-history/

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On the Decolonization of Public Memory

In light of controversially led debates: Which contribution can and should Public History make to a decolonialization of history?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonization-public-memory/

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Love It? Hate It? It’s Still Tasmania’s History

Tasmania has a curious relationship with its cultural heritage. Its convict past has transformed from a shameful burden to a commercial boon.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-7/tasmania-history/

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Creating an Arab Lens to Learning World History

Abstract: Jordanian teachers in private schools are in most cases teaching historical content seen as significant by the writers of these international curricula. As a result of this unusual situation,... Read More ›

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-4/arab-perspective-history-curriculum/

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History and Public History in Ghana

This article takes an integrated approach by discussing the intersections between history, public history, and school history in Ghana.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-3/public-history-ghana/

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History Culture, Identity, and the Post-Colonial Martial Arts

In the history culture of martial arts, especially in post-colonial societies, myth-making, tied to national identity formation, creates a veil on the past.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-3/history-capoeira-eskrima/

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