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    • Combining Historical Narrative Forms and the Immersion of Exhibition Visitors. Approaches and Experiences from the Luxembourg “Remix” Project 

      Tschacher, Werner <Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Germany> (W. Tschacher, Combining Historical Narrative Forms and the Immersion of Exhibition Visitors. Approaches and Experiences from the Luxembourg “Remix” Project, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 43-54, 2023)
      The paper describes and analyzes the experiences of the Luxembourg-based research project “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age” (2019–2024) and its four individual component projects. Combining different forms of ...

    • Counter-Colonial Aspects in and Through Public History in Brazil: Participatory Research, Oral History and Corporeality – Embodied Ways of Storytelling 

      Rabêlo de Almeida, Juniele <Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil> (J. Rabêlo de Almeida, Counter-Colonial Aspects in and Through Public History in Brazil: Participatory Research, Oral History and Corporeality – Embodied Ways of Storytelling, «Public History Review», 1 (2024), pp. 27-34, 2024)
      Based on the counter-colonial thought formulated by the Brazilian quilombola activist Nêgo Bispo (1959–2023), this article offers reflections on participatory research, social memory, and corporeality through discussions ...

    • Stories from a Dusty Basement: A Conversation with Richard Conyngham on All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa (1910–1948) – A Graphic History 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH Editor, Germany> (A. Etges, Stories from a Dusty Basement: A Conversation with Richard Conyngham on All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa (1910–1948) – A Graphic History, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 55-71, 2023)
      While the story of apartheid in South Africa is quite well known, the pre-apartheid “Union years” have been much less researched. All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa (1910–1948) – A Graphic History brings ...

    • Memoryscapes: The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Aragala Bhoomiya as a People’s Space of Protest 

      Hettiarachchi, Radhika <Independent Researcher, Sri Lanka>; Hemachandra, Samal Vimukthi <University of Colombo, Sri Lanka> (2023)
      The ‘aragalaya’ or the ‘people’s struggle’ was perhaps one of the most important and successful movements of Sri Lanka’s long history of democracy. In 2015, democracy prevailed, unexpectedly and against all odds, when Sri ...

    • Where is the Seeker Who Searches for Another? Decolonial Approaches to Digital Public History 

      Maina, Chao Tayiana <Museum of British Colonialism, Nairobi, Kenya> (C.T. Maina, Where is the Seeker Who Searches for Another? Decolonial Approaches to Digital Public History «Public History Review», 1 (2024), pp. 35-44, 2024)
      This article delves into the role of public history within the context of suppressed and erased colonial pasts, underscoring the importance of individuals in actively shaping, uncovering, documenting and disseminating ...

    • Partnerships with Public Institutions: Reflecting on Applied History and Social Justice Principles 

      Wynant, Julie <State Archives Belgium and KU Leuven, Belgium> (J. Wynant, Partnerships with Public Institutions: Reflecting on Applied History and Social Justice Principles, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 91-101, 2023)
      This article emphasizes that social justice – as both a process and a goal – should be put forward as guiding principle for applied historians who want to engage in partnerships with public institutions. While ethical ...

    • Public History in Digital Spaces: Public Interpretations of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Its Implications for History Teaching 

      Sosu, Edmund S. <Excelsia College, Australia>; Boadu, Gideon <RMIT University, Australia>; Boateng, Emmanuel B. <University of Wollongong, Australia>; Appiah-Thompson, Christopher <University of Newcastle, Australia> (E. S. Sosu, G. Boadu, E. B. Boateng, C. Appiah-Thompson, Public History in Digital Spaces: Public Interpretations of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Its Implications for History Teaching, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 117-127, 2023)
      The Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the cruelest events in human history, with its effects spanning several centuries. Slave monuments are visible representations of the memory of the slave trade and avenues for public ...

    • Doing History at the Edge of the Map: The “Digital Thrace” Research Project 

      Palikidis, Angelos <Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece> (A. Palikidis, Doing History at the Edge of the Map: The “Digital Thrace” Research Project, «Public History Review», 1 (2024), pp. 53-65, 2024)
      Digital Thrace: Mapping the History and Culture to Enhance the Tourist Economy” is a three-year (2021–2023) research project conducted by the Democritus University of Thrace. “Thrace,” a geographical rather than a regional ...

    • A Reflection on and a Conversation about History, Memory, and Education at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH Editor, Germany> (A. Etges, A Reflection on and a Conversation about History, Memory, and Education at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 129-142, 2023)
      Dachau concentration camp was set up in March 1933. During the twelve years of its existence, more than 200,000 prisoners from over 40 nations were imprisoned here and in its sub-camps. At least 41,500 people died there ...

    • Sarah Abel: Permanent Markers 

      de Groot, Jerome <University of Manchester, UK> (J. de Groot, rec. a Sarah Abel: Permanent Markers, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 143-144, 2023)
      Genetic ancestry testing has become increasingly familiar in the past decade. The expansion from small companies investigating particular communities to huge multinational biotech organizations, such as 23andme and Ancestry, ...

    • Zavadski, Andrei, Dubina, Vera: Vse v proshlom: teoriya i praktika publichnoi istorii [All Things Past: Theory and Practice of Public History] 

      Makhotina, Katja <Universität Bonn, Germany> (K. Makhotina, rec. a Zavadski, Andrei, Dubina, Vera: Vse v proshlom: teoriya i praktika publichnoi istorii [All Things Past: Theory and Practice of Public History], «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 73-74, 2023)

    • Public History and Wellbeing: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Digital and In-Person Engagement on Visitors’ Subjective Wellbeing at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, UK 

      Luck, Amy <University of Birmingham, UK>; Sayer, Faye <University of Birmingham, UK> (A. Luck, F. Sayer, Public History and Wellbeing: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Digital and In-Person Engagement on Visitors’ Subjective Wellbeing at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, UK, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 103-115, 2023)
      Over the last two decades, there has been an emergence of research pertaining to the impact of in-person engagement with historical sites on visitor wellbeing. Yet, despite this increasingly prolific research into the ...

    • Can It Be a Gamechanger? Interrogating the Prospects of Decolonization Through Public History in Japan 

      Tozawa, Emi (E. Tozawa, Can It Be a Gamechanger? Interrogating the Prospects of Decolonization Through Public History in Japan, «Public History Review», 1 (2024), pp. 45-52, 2024)
      As a historical settler and colonizer in Asia, yet a state not colonized by European countries, Japan and its colonial history seem to have been left out from the debates on public history as a decolonizing process, due ...

    • Joanna Wojdon, Dorota Wiśniewska: Public in Public History 

      Knevel, Paul <University of Amsterdam, Netherlands> (P. Knevel, rec. a, Joanna Wojdon, Dorota Wiśniewska: Public in Public History, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 145-146, 2023)
      What do public historians mean by putting the word ‘public’ in front of ‘history’? When, in 1978, Robert Kelley formulated his well-known definition of modern public history, this seemed rather unproblematic. Public just ...

    • I “reperti” delle pratiche possono aiutare a entrare in contatto con le didattiche disciplinari? 

      Sahlfeld, Wolfgang; Falcade, Rosanna (W. Sahlfeld, R. Falcade, "I “reperti” delle pratiche possono aiutare a entrare in contatto con le didattiche disciplinari?" in A. Ascenzi, G. Bandini, C. Ghizzoni (edited by), Il patrimonio storico-educativo come fonte per la Public History of Education. Tra buone pratiche e nuove prospettive, Macerata, EUM, 2024, pp.168-183, 2024)
      The communication is about an interdisciplinary research project about school exercise books in mathematics and their use in a public history project. The occasion came from the initiatives for the 150 years of Canton ...

    • L’esperienza dell’Archivio storico dell’Associazione Opera Pizzigoni: un modo diverso di vivere la storia 

      Zuccoli, Franca (F. Zuccoli, "L’esperienza dell’Archivio storico dell’Associazione Opera Pizzigoni: un modo diverso di vivere la storia" in A. Ascenzi, G. Bandini, C. Ghizzoni (edited by), Il patrimonio storico-educativo come fonte per la Public History of Education. Tra buone pratiche e nuove prospettive, Macerata, EUM, 2024, pp.186-197, 2024)
      This paper examines a project conducted on the historical archive of the Opera Pizzigoni Association (ASOP) from a public history perspective. The ASOP archive is not a school archive but holds records concerning the ...

    • La Casa de la Cultura y el Instituto de Estudios Turolenses (1948-1962) 

      Alcalá Ibáñez, María Lourdes; Castán Esteban, José Luis (M.L. Alcalá Ibáñez, J.L. Castán Esteban, "La Casa de la Cultura y el Instituto de Estudios Turolenses (1948-1962) " in A. Ascenzi, G. Bandini, C. Ghizzoni (edited by), Il patrimonio storico-educativo come fonte per la Public History of Education. Tra buone pratiche e nuove prospettive, Macerata, EUM, 2024, pp.202-220, 2024)
      Thomas Cauvin describes the complexity of Public History of Education. This excellent text book anticipates where the field is headed internationally: cultural heritage, people’s history, media, exposed past, digital public ...

    • Il caffè narrativo. La Public History dell’educazione altoatesina in azione 

      Augscholl Blasbichler, Annamarie; Zannini, Sarah (A. Augschöll Blasbichler, S. Zannini, "Il caffè narrativo. La Public History dell’educazione altoatesina in azione" in A. Ascenzi, G. Bandini, C. Ghizzoni (edited by), Il patrimonio storico-educativo come fonte per la Public History of Education. Tra buone pratiche e nuove prospettive, Macerata, EUM, 2024, pp.222-234, 2024)
      The Research and Documentation Center for South Tyrol’s Educational History aims to explore the history of education as a significant narrative in understanding individual and collective identity constructs among the three ...

    • L’anima dei luoghi: la dialettica tra patrimonio materiale e immateriale nelle valli ladine 

      Bandini, Gianfranco; Rasom, Sabrina (G. Bandini, S. Rasom, "L’anima dei luoghi: la dialettica tra patrimonio materiale e immateriale nelle valli ladine" in A. Ascenzi, G. Bandini, C. Ghizzoni (edited by), Il patrimonio storico-educativo come fonte per la Public History of Education. Tra buone pratiche e nuove prospettive, Macerata, EUM, 2024, pp.236-250, 2024)
      The Ladin language and culture communities are a unique example of the interaction between tangible and intangible heritage, serving as a multicultural laboratory that plays a vital role in preserving cultural diversity ...

    • Valorizzazione delle fonti, narrazione storica e percorsi di cittadinanza nell’esperienza della Casa del Sole, la scuola all’aperto del parco Trotter in Milano 

      Barra, Bernardo (B. Barra, "Valorizzazione delle fonti, narrazione storica e percorsi di cittadinanza nell’esperienza della Casa del Sole, la scuola all’aperto del parco Trotter in Milano" in A. Ascenzi, G. Bandini, C. Ghizzoni (edited by), Il patrimonio storico-educativo come fonte per la Public History of Education. Tra buone pratiche e nuove prospettive, Macerata, EUM, 2024, pp.252-263, 2024)
      La Casa del Sole is an open-air school founded in 1922 in the former Trotter Park in Milan, one of the largest in Europe, organized – also from an architectural point of view – according to the most advanced pedagogical ...