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    • Dalla storia all’inclusione. Il racconto della comunità cinese di Prato 

      Finizio, Davide (D. Finizio, "Dalla storia all’inclusione. Il racconto della comunità cinese di Prato", in L. Bravi, C. Martinelli, S. Oliviero (edited by), Raccontare la Resistenza a scuola, 2022, 2022)
      The contribution describes the connections between attempt in building the history of the chinese community in Prato and the inclusion process activated thanks to the Memory Train in the project of the Tuscany region. As ...

    • Open Dialogues and Localized Approaches: Reflections on International Public History Perspectives and Practices 

      Sayer, Faye <Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK> (F. Sayer, Open Dialogues and Localized Approaches: Reflections on International Public History Perspectives and Practices, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 53-55, 2022)
      This brief review of non-English public history textbooks provides an overview of key themes, emerging trends and contextual differences in the theories and practice of public history in Brazil, China, Japan, and Germany. ...

    • Creeping Right-Wing Hegemony and Its Contestations: On Public History in Contemporary Hungary 

      Laczó, Ferenc <Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands> (F. Laczó, Creeping Right-Wing Hegemony and Its Contestations: On Public History in Contemporary Hungary, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 43-52, 2022)
      Approaching the case study of Hungary as one in historical revisionism, this article focuses on new museums, revamped public squares, and popular historical walks which either reinforce or contest the contemporary project ...

    • “And what Do You Do, Exactly?” Comparing Contemporary Definitions and Practices of Applied History 

      De Ridder, Bram <KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium> (B. De Ridder, “And what Do You Do, Exactly?” Comparing Contemporary Definitions and Practices of Applied History, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 29-41, 2022)
      In the last few years, the notion of applied history has seen a notable rise in interest among historians. Arising out of questions related to contemporary concerns, such as political extremism and Covid-19, several projects ...

    • The International Council of Museums and the Controversy about a New Museum Definition. A Conversation with Lauran Bonilla-Merchav, Bruno Brulon Soares, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Bernice Murphy, and Michèle Rivet, 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH editors, Munich, Germany>; Dean, David <IPH editors, Ottawa, Canada> (A. Etges, D. Dean, The International Council of Museums and the Controversy about a New Museum Definition – A Conversation with Lauran Bonilla-Merchav, Bruno Brulon Soares, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Bernice Murphy, and Michèle Rivet, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 19-27, 2022)
      In 2019, an Extraordinary General Assembly International Council of Museums (ICOM) met in Kyoto, Japan to vote on a new museum definition. Among other things, the controversial proposal described museums as “democratising, ...

    • The Holocaust Museum Guatemala: History and Contemporaneity 

      Del Valle, José Ángel <Director of the Holocaust Museum, Guatemala, USA> (J. A. del Valle, The Holocaust Museum Guatemala: History and Contemporaneity, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 13-18, 2022)
      Of the six Latin American Holocaust Museums, the one in Guatemala deserves special attention. The other five in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica also remember the Jewish victims of WWII, but in Guatemala ...

    • Art and Spirituality: Glances from Buenaventura and the National Museum of Colombia Explorers Special Edition. A Conversation with Ana Morales, Bernardo López, Juan Durán, Yeison Riascos, Francisco Romano, Natalia Angarita, Laura Marcela Agudelo, Sebastián Melo, and Andrés Epifanio García 

      Perry, Jimena <Department of History, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, USA> (J. Perry, Art and Spirituality: Glances from Buenaventura and the National Museum of Colombia Explorers Special Edition. A Conversation with Ana Morales, Bernardo López, Juan Durán, Yeison Riascos, Francisco Romano, Natalia Angarita, Laura Marcela Agudelo, Sebastián Melo, and Andrés Epifanio García, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 3-11, 2022)
      The historically underrepresented Pacific Colombian Coast is known for its social injustice and poverty. However, in this adverse environment, a group of artists called School and Workshop Watercolorists of San Cipriano, ...

    • Introduction: Public History and Museums in Latin America 

      Perry, Jimena <Department of History, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, USA> (P. Jimena, Introduction: Public History and Museums in Latin America, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, 2022)

    • Perspectives on Public History in Colombia 

      Pérez Benavides, Amada Carolina <Department of History, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia>; Vargas Álvarez, Sebastián <History Program, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia> (A. C. Pérez Benavides, S. Vargas Álvarez, Perspectives on Public History in Colombia, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 143-152, 2021)
      A. C. Pérez Benavides and S. Vargas Álvarez. Perspectives on Public History in Colombia, "International Public History", vol. 4, no. 2, 2021

    • Locally Grounded Practices, Global Conversations 

      Muñoz, Catalina <Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia> (C. Muñoz, Locally Grounded Practices, Global Conversations, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 139-142, 2021)
      is text reflects on the author’s experience as part of the International Federation for Public History (IFPH) since 2015. In particular, it discusses what IFPH has meant for practitioners trying to leverage public history ...

    • In the Shadow of the Queen: On UNESCO’S Universal History, the Women of the Petit Trianon, and Tourist Meaning-Making 

      Paige-Lovingood, Mandy <North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA> (P.-L. Mandy, In the Shadow of the Queen: On UNESCO’S Universal History, the Women of the Petit Trianon, and Tourist Meaning-Making, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 127-137, 2021)
      Upon the designation of Versailles as a World Heritage Site, UNESCO renamed the Petit Trianon the Domaine de Marie-Antoinette (Estate of Marie-Antoinette). Subsequent tourist materials, such as travel guides and website ...

    • Representing the Other and the Democratization of History. Polish Reenactors in Nazi Uniforms 

      Baraniecka-Olszewska, Kamila <Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland> (K. Baraniecka-Olszewska, Representing the Other and the Democratization of History. Polish Reenactors in Nazi Uniforms, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 117-125, 2021)
      Through a case study of the World War II reenactment movement in Poland, this article analyzes the relationship between the processes of the democratization of history and the normalization of the Nazi past. There are ...

    • Opportunities and Challenges in Memory Activism: The Case of the Mittenwald Protest Campaign (2002–2009) 

      Mikulová, Soňa <Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for the History of Emotions, Berlin, Germany> (S. Mikulová, Opportunities and Challenges in Memory Activism: The Case of the Mittenwald Protest Campaign (2002–2009), «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 99-116, 2021)
      This article examines how memory activism can contribute to the democratizing of history through the example of a specific protest campaign in which activist historians among other groups and civil society actors attacked ...

    • The Haunting Past of Colonialism in Belgium the Death of Patrice Lumumba in Public Memory 

      Verbeeck, Georgi <Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium> (G. Verbeeck, The Haunting Past of Colonialism in Belgium the Death of Patrice Lumumba in Public Memory, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 89-98, 2021)
      The remembrance of the death of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Republic of the Congo in Belgium is indicative of a fundamental transformation in the latter country’s public memory of its former role as a colonizing ...

    • Introduction: Understanding Diverse Uses of Painful Pasts. A Plea for Conscious Normativity 

      Dierks, Dennis <Department of History, University of Jena, Jena, Germany> (D. Dierks, Introduction: Understanding Diverse Uses of Painful Pasts. A Plea for Conscious Normativity, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, 2021)
      The three case studies of this special section address an issue that is undoubtedly at the core of the ethics of Public History: the quest to democratize history. They approach a problem that has concerned Public History ...

    • Crowdsourced COVID-19 Collections: A Brief Overview 

      Zumthurm, Tizian <Public History, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg> (T. Zumthurm, Crowdsourced COVID-19 Collections: A Brief Overview, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 1, pp. 77-83, 2021)
      This article provides an overview of how public historians and other actors collect material on the global COVID-19 pandemic. Their common goal is to archive a diversity of perspectives to document these historic times. ...

    • Troubling Pasts: Teaching Public History in Northern Ireland 

      Purdue, Olwen <Queen’s University, Belfast, UK> (O. Purdue, Troubling Pasts: Teaching Public History in Northern Ireland, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 1, pp. 67-75, 2021)
      This article explores the challenges and opportunities presented for the teaching and practice of public history in a post-conflict society that remains deeply divided over its past. It examines some of the negative ways ...

    • Reprogramming the History of Video Games: A Historian’s Approach to Video Games and Their History 

      Lawler, Jeffrey <California State University, Long Beach, USA>; Smith, Sean <California State University, Long Beach, USA> (J. Lawler, S. Smith, Reprogramming the History of Video Games: A Historian’s Approach to Video Games and Their History, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 1, pp. 47-54, 2021)
      This paper explores the need and opportunities for historians to recognize the importance of video games to their research in modern American history. While this paper is rooted in examples specific to United States history, ...

    • “No One is Ever Ready for Something Like This.” – On the Dialectic of the Holocaust in First-Person Shooters as Exemplified by Wolfenstein: The New Order 

      Pfister, Eugen <Hochschule der Künste Bern – HKB, Bern, Switzerland>; Zimmermann, Felix <a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne/University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany> (E. Pfister, F. Zimmermann, “No One is Ever Ready for Something Like This.” – On the Dialectic of the Holocaust in First-Person Shooters as Exemplified by Wolfenstein: The New Order, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 1, 2021)
      For almost three decades, the depiction of the Holocaust was considered taboo in digital games. While World War II became a popular historicizing setting for digital games, the crimes of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust ...

    • Toward a Foucauldian Genealogy of Video Game (Pre)history 

      Trépanier-Jobin, Gabrielle <Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada> (G. Trépanier-Jobin, Toward a Foucauldian Genealogy of Video Game (Pre)history, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 1, pp. 25-34, 2021)
      This paper highlights the distortive nature of narrative models that are often employed in video game historiographies to produce captivating tales. More precisely, it argues against: the search for video games’ origin(s); ...