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    • Materteral Consumption Magic: The Hay’s Rooftop Playground, Christchurch, New Zealand 

      Pickles, Katie <University of Canterbury> (K. Pickles, Materteral Consumption Magic: The Hay’s Rooftop Playground, Christchurch, New Zealand. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 168–184., 2022)
      With themes of corporate and civic paternalism, magic, Disney-like fantasy and childcare, this article recovers and analyses the Hay’s rooftop playground, the people who invented it and their motivations for luring generations ...

    • Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Abuse in Care and Making our Disability History Visible 

      Stace, Hilary (H. Stace, Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Abuse in Care and Making our Disability History Visible. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp.156–167, 2022)
      Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is currently inquiring into the historic abuse of those in state and faith-based care and uncovering stories of violence, neglect and exclusion. Disabled ...

    • Channelling a Haunting: Deconstructing Settler Memory and Forgetting about New Zealand History at National Institutions 

      MacDonald, Liana; Bellas, Kim; Gardenier, Emma; Green, Adrienne J. (L. MacDonald, K. Bellas, E. Gardenier, A.J. Green, Channelling a Haunting: Deconstructing Settler Memory and Forgetting about New Zealand History at National Institutions, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 142–155., 2022)
      The Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum will be compulsory in 2023; what and how New Zealand history will be taught is currently up for debate. An innovative approach to engaging key curriculum understandings like ...

    • Consulting the Past: Creating a National History Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand 

      Neill, Carol <Auckland University of Technology>; Belgrave, Michael <Massey University>; Oliveira, Genaro <Massey University> (C. Neill, M. Belgrave, G. Oliveira, Consulting the Past: Creating a National History Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 128–141., 2022)
      In many countries, the development of national history curricula has been politically controversial, causing great public interest and concern. Such controversies tend to bring into tension diverse political, social and ...

    • ‘Egmont, Who Was He?’. The Debate Over Restoration of the Name of Taranaki Maunga 

      Morris, Ewan (E. Morris, ‘Egmont, Who Was He?’ The Debate Over Restoration of the Name of Taranaki Maunga, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 114–127, 2022)
      As part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s process of settling historical Treaty of Waitangi claims, a settlement is expected to be completed soon in relation to the maunga (mountain) known to Māori as Taranaki. In addition to ...

    • Seeing Differently: Understanding Pākehā Constructions of Mountain Landscapes in Aotearoa 

      Davidson, Lee <Victoria University of Wellington> (L. Davidson, Seeing Differently: Understanding Pākehā Constructions of Mountain Landscapes in Aotearoa, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 96–113, 2022)
      Mountains are central to how New Zealanders see themselves as a nation and the image that they project to the world. At the same time, Māori have been engaged in a long-running campaign seeking acknowledgement of the mana ...

    • Te Ora a Ururoa. Learning from the Mahi of Kaitiaki 

      Muru-Lanning, Marama <University of Auckland>; Mills, Keri <University of Auckland>; Tukiri, Charmaine <University of Auckland>; Harrison, Ngāhuia < University of Auckland>; Lanning, Gerald <University of Auckland> (M. Muru-Lanning, K. Mills, N. Harrison,G. Lanning, C. Tukiri, Te Ora a Ururoa: Learning from the Mahi of Kaitiaki, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 78–95., 2022)
      Kaitiakitanga, often translated simplistically and conveniently as ‘guardianship’ or ‘stewardship’ has in practice been intensely political - an urgent fight to stop the destruction and despoliation of sacred places and ...

    • Niue Fakahoamotu Nukutuluea Motutefua Nukututaha: Critical Discussions of Niue History in and Beyond Aotearoa New Zealand 

      Pasisi, Jessica <University of Otago>; Fa'avae, IIoane Aleke <Unitec Institute of Technology>; Lavatangaloa Henry, Zoë Catherine <University of Auckland>; Atfield-Douglas, Rennie <University of Auckland>; Makaola, Toliain; Lisimoni Togahai, Birtha <University of the South Pacific, Niue Campus>; Feilo, Zora <Tupumaiga A Niue Trust>; Pilisi, Asetoa Sam <University of Auckland> (J. Pasisi, Z. C. L. Henry, I. A. Fa’avae, R. AtfieldDouglas, B. L. Togahai, T. Makaola, Z. Feilo, A. S. Pilisi, Niue Fakahoamotu Nukutuluea Motutefua Nukututaha: Critical Discussions of Niue History in and Beyond Aotearoa New Zealand. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 67–77, 2021)
      Bringing together Niue scholars, creatives and thinkers from various disciplines and fields, this article is the culmination of two conference roundtables, a history panel, and multiple ongoing discussions about critically ...

    • Tupuna Wahine, Saina, Tupuna Vaine, Matua Tupuna Fifine, Mapiạg Hạni. Grandmothers in the Archives 

      Greensill, Hineitimoana; Taito, Mere; Pasisi, Jessica; Lujan Bennett, Jesi; Dean, Marylise; Monise, Maluseu (H. Greensill, M. Taito, J. Pasisi, J. L. Bennett, M. Dean, M. Monise, Tupuna Wahine, Saina, Tupuna Vaine, Matua Tupuna Fifine, Mapiag Hani: Grandmothers in the Archives. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 54–66, 2022)
      From various parts of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa, we have come together as Indigenous scholars to weave stories of our grandmothers in the archives. From our own sea, land and skyscapes to the diasporic realities of generations ...

    • Navigating the Politics of Remembering 

      Meihana, Peter <Massey University> (P. Meihana, Navigating the Politics of Remembering, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 44–53., 2022)
      Remembering the past is not as straight forward as it might appear. The histories that we choose to retell and privilege speak to contemporary concerns. For Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa, the indigenous peoples of ...

    • Ako. Learning From History? 

      McKergow, Fiona; Littlewood, David <Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa>; Watson, Geoff <Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa>; Neill, Carol <Auckland University of Technology> (F. McKergow, G. Watson, D. Littlewood, C. Neill, Ako: Learning from History? Public History Review, 29 (2022), 38–43, 2022)
      This special issue of Public History Review has been edited by Fiona McKergow, Geoff Watson, David Littlewood and Carol Neill and serves as a sampler of recent work in the field of public history from Aotearoa New Zealand. ...

    • Self-writing in Tral, Kashmir Struggles in Public History 

      Chitralekha <Jawaharlal Nehru University> (Chitralekha, Self-Writing in Tral, Kashmir: Struggles in Public History, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 31–37, 2022)
      This article is an engagement with persistent efforts to (re) write history that I encountered in the form of letters, notes, poetry, and sketches given to me by ordinary students I met in the politically troubled region ...

    • A Queer Search for Ancestral Legitimacy. English-Language Gay Lists as Historical Memory Before 1969 

      Collay, Jay (J. Collay, A Queer Search for Ancestral Legitimacy: English-Language Gay Lists as Historical Memory Before 1969. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 20–30, 2022)
      The practice among queer people of compiling lists of famous historical figures that modern eyes may comfortably identify as queer and/or trans* persists, and has persisted, as a form of communal transmission of memory for ...

    • Public History: The Future of Teaching the Past in China 

      Li, Na <Zhejiang University> (N. Li, Public History: The Future of Teaching the Past in China. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 1–13, 2022)
      The traditional history education in China has been challenged ever since the dawn of the twenty first century. This article argues that public history, as an emergent and reflective practice, constitutes an effective ...

    • Panoramas, Keys to Unlock Complexity in Digital Humanities and Data Humanism 

      Sgrinzatto Masiero, Chiara <Independent researcher>; Zilio, Emanuela <Fondazione M-Cube> (C. Masiero Sgrinzatto, E. Zilio, Panoramas, Keys to Unlock Complexity in Digital Humanities and Data Humanism, «Magazén», 5, 2024, n. 1, pp. 103 147, 2024)
      In the interdisciplinary landscape shaped by Digital Humanities (DH) and Data Humanism (DHu), panoramas represent immersive narratives and interactive environments that simplify access to complex, interdisciplinary content, ...

    • What is Digital History? 

      Piper, Alana Jayne (A. J. Piper, Alana Jayne Piper, What is Digital History? (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2021),Public History Review, 28 (2021),pp. 1–2, 2021)
      Digital history is a field that escapes easy definition due to its incorporation of an ever-growing variety of methods, disciplines and endeavours. However, this slim volume – part of Polity’s What is History series – ...

    • Public Histories in South Africa: Between Contest and Reconciliation 

      Hughes, Heather <Lincoln University> (H. Hughes, Public Histories in South Africa: Between Contest and Reconciliation, Public History Review, 30 (2023), pp. 31–42, 2023)
      Public history has long been practiced in South Africa, yet its content and purpose have always been deeply contested. In a deliberate, state-driven process, it has undergone extensive change since 1994, helping to redefine ...

    • Prosuming History in China: a Paradigm Shift 

      Li, Na (N. Li, Prosuming History in China: A Paradigm Shift, Public History Review, 30 (2023), pp. 43–52., 2023)
      A diverse and dynamic range of public histories has emerged and rapidly evolved in China during the past two decades. Why do such amateurish, mostly unpaid forms of history possess such a mobilizing effect upon ordinary ...

    • The State We are in: UK Public History, since 2011 

      Atkinson-Phillips, Alison <Newcastle University>; Smith, Graham <Newcastle University> (A. Atkinson-Phillips, G. Smith, The State We Are In: UK Public History since 2011, «Public History Review», 30, 2023, pp. 22–30, 2023)
      As public historians living and working in Britain, we live in interesting times. The last twelve years have seen political turbulence in the United Kingdom and its four constituent nations of England, Northern Ireland, ...

    • Public History, National Museums and Transnational History 

      Gardner, James B. (J. B. Gardner, Public History, National Museums and Transnational History, Public History Review, 30 (2023), pp. 53–60, 2023)
      The concept of a ‘national museum’ is fundamentally at odds with the theory and practice of public history, with public historians’ understanding that historical experience often does not obey borders, that the nation is ...