CiNii Books - A companion to public history

An authoritative overview of the developing field of public history reflecting theory and practice around the globe This unique reference guides readers through this relatively new field of historical inquiry, exploring the varieties and forms of public history, its relationship with popular history, and the ways in which the field has evolved internationally over the past thirty years. Comprised of thirty-four essays written by a group of leading international scholars and public history practitioners, the work not only introduces readers to the latest scholarly academic research, but also to the practice and pedagogy of public history. It pays equal attention to the emergence of public history as a distinct field of historical inquiry in North America, the importance of popular history and 'history from below' in Europe and European colonial-settler states, and forms of historical consciousness in non-Western countries and peoples. It also provides a timely guide to the state of the discipline, and offers an innovative and unprecedented engagement with methodological and theoretical problems associated with public history. Generously illustrated throughout, The Companion to Public History's chapters are written from a variety of perspectives by contributors from all continents and from a wide variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences. It is an excellent source for getting readers to think about history in the public realm, and how present day concerns shape the ways in which we engage with and represent the past. Cutting-edge companion volume for a developing area of study Comprises 36 essays by leading authorities on all aspects of public history around the world Reflects different national/regional interpretations of public history Offers some essays in teachable forms: an interview, a roundtable discussion, a document analysis, a photo essay. Covers a full range of public history practice, including museums, archives, memorial sites as well as historical fiction, theatre, re-enactment societies and digital gaming Discusses the continuing challenges presented by history within our broad, collective memory, including museum controversies, repatriation issues, 'textbook' wars, and commissions for Truth and Reconciliation The Companion is intended for senior undergraduate students and graduate students in the rapidly growing field of public history and will appeal to those teaching public history or who wish to introduce a public history dimension to their courses.

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List of Illustrations xi Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xxv Introduction 1 David Dean Prologue: Orphan Cupboards Full of Histories 13 Annemarie de Wildt Part I Identifying Public History 17 1 Complicating Origin Stories: The Making of Public History into an Academic Field in the United States 19 Rebecca Conard 2 Where Is Public History? 33 Hilda Kean 3 Consuming Public History: Russian Ark 45 Jerome de Groot 4 Historians on the Inside: Thinking with History in Policy 59 Alix R. Green Part II Situating Public History 75 5 Nation, Difference, Experience: Negotiating Exhibitions at the National Museum of Australia 77 Kirsten Wehner 6 Archive Fever, Ghostly Histories 97 Carolyn Steedman 7 Digital Public History 111 Serge Noiret 8 Popularizing the Past through Graphic Novels: An Interview with Catherine Clinton, Author of Booth 125 Elizabeth Paradis and Catherine Clinton 9 Becoming a Center: Public History, Assembly, and State Formation in Canada's Capital City, 1880-1939 135 John C. Walsh Part III Doing Public History 147 10 Looking the Tiger in the Eye: Oral History, Heritage Sites, and Public Culture 149 Indira Chowdhury 11 Storytelling, Bertolt Brecht, and the Illusions of Disciplinary History 163 Steven High 12 Genealogy and Family History 175 Tanya Evans 13 The Power of Things: Agency and Potentiality in the Work of Historical Artifacts 187 Sandra H. Dudley 14 An Unfinished Story: Nation Building in Kyrgyzstan 201 Gulnara Ibraeva Part IV Using Public History 215 15 Colonialism Revisited: Public History and New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal 217 Michael Belgrave 16 Repatriation: A Conversation 231 George Abungu, Te Herekiekie Herewini, Richard Handler, and John Moses 17 The Transformative Power of Memory: Notes on the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada in Light of the Colombian Experience 243 Patrick Morales Thomas 18 Sophiatown and the Politics of Commemoration 263 Natasha Erlank 19 Tourism and Heritage Sites of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery 277 Ana Lucia Araujo Part V Preserving Public History 289 20 Material Culture as History: Science and the International Ordering of Heritage Preservation 291 Tim Winter 21 Preservation and Heritage: The Case of Al-Jazeera Al-Hamra in the United Arab Emirates 301 Hamad M. Bin Seray 22 Centennial Dilemmas 311 John H. Sprinkle, Jr. 23 Preserving Public History: Historic House Museums 321 Linda Young 24 Placing the Photograph: Digital Composite Images and the Performance of Place 333 James Opp Part VI Performing Public History 349 25 Reenacting and Reimagining the Past 351 Amy M. Tyson 26 Reenacting the Stone Age: Journeying Back in Time Through the Uckermark and Western Pomerania 365 Vanessa Agnew 27 Performing Continuity, Performing Belonging: Three Cabarets from the Terezin Ghetto 377 Lisa Peschel 28 Performing History: Jongos, Quilombos, and the Memory of Illegal Atlantic Slave Trade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 391 Hebe Mattos and Martha Abreu 29 Video Games as Participatory Public History 405 Jeremiah McCall Part VII Contesting Public History 417 30 Public Historians and Conflicting Memories in Northern Ireland 419 Thomas Cauvin 31 Trauma and Memory 431 Jenny Edkins 32 Museums and National History in Conflict: Two Case Studies in Taiwan 441 Chia-Li Chen 33 Between Public History and History Education 455 Joanna Wojdon 34 Labeling History: Localizing Olives and Negotiating the Greek Past in Turkey 465 Helin Burkay Epilogue: To Put Your Signature: Tanzania's Graffiti Movement 479 Seth M. Markle Bibliography 483 Index 533

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