Recent Submissions

  • Rievocazioni storiche: un glossario che guarda al futuro 

    Brando, Marco (M. Brando, "Rievocazioni storiche: un glossario che guarda al futuro", «Lingua Italiana», 01 agosto 2023, 2023)
  • Digital Public History e design della partecipazione. Riflessioni e proposte a partire dalla Società Storica Spezzina 

    Capezzuto, Stefano (2018)
    La Società Storica Spezzina è un’associazione ONLUS che si propone di stimolare il rapporto tra gli abitanti della provincia di La Spezia con la propria storia locale, utilizzando tecnologie, strategie e metodi di Digital ...
  • Le relazioni adulto-bambino negli album fotografici di famiglia: un’esperienza di Public History per formare alle professioni educative 

    Bandini, Gianfranco; Caselli, Paola (G. Bandini, P. Caselli, "Le relazioni adulto-bambino negli album fotografici di famiglia: un’esperienza di Public History per formare alle professioni educative", «Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare», 14, 2019, n. 1, pp. 5-33, 2019)
    L’articolo fornisce il resoconto e le motivazioni di una esperienza formativa dedicata alla preparazione professionale di coordinatori pedagogici di nidi e servizi per l’infanzia. Si basa sulla convinzione che i saperi ...
  • Public history and transmedia storytelling for conflicting narratives 

    Basaraba, Nicole <School of Media and Performing Arts, Coventry University, Coventry, UK>; Cauvin, Thomas <University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg> (N. Basaraba, T. Cauvin, "Public history and transmedia storytelling for conflicting narratives", «Rethinking History», 27, 2023, n. 2, pp. 221-247, 2023)
    Histories of events can be told from multiple perspectives, and there is rarely just one linear narrative or a single interpretation of the past. This paper takes an interdisciplinary approach to explain how the concept ...
  • L’universo transmediale della mafia 

    Ravveduto, Marcello, Università degli Studi di Salerno (Firenze University Press, 2022)
  • Recensione di: Thomas Cauvin, Public History. A texbook of practice 

    Dati, Monica, Università degli Studi di Firenze (New York-Londra: Routledge, 2019)
  • Public History e fotografia: una sfida complessa 

    Fiorentino, Giovanni, Università degli Studi della Tuscia (G. Fiorentino, Public History e fotografia: una sfida complessa, «Rivista di studi di fotografia», 3, 2017, n. 5, pp. 64-81, 2017)
    Public History is generated by interactions with the public, while photography implies a relationship with the gaze of the other. This similarity raises important methodological questions for the public historian, ...
  • Un cammino accidentato: fonti documentali, fotografie e scrittura nella pratica della Public History 

    Mignemi, Adolfo, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (A. Mignemi, Un cammino accidentato: fonti documentali, fotografie e scrittura nella pratica della Public History, «Rivista di studi di fotografia», 3, 2017, n. 5, pp. 8-29, 2017)
    Public History relies on complex textual forms, in which photographs, movies, sounds, oral memories and, in small part, writing, interact with one another. Common standards of presentation for such diverse sources have not ...
  • L’Italia s’è desta. Spagna ’82: riflessi politici sul mondiale 

    Molinari, Alberto (A. Molinari, "L’Italia s’è desta. Spagna ’82: riflessi politici sul mondiale", «Clionet. Per un senso del tempo e dei luoghi», 2022, n.6, pp. 369-375, 2022)
    L’articolo ricostruisce l’intreccio tra calcio e politica ai mondiali di Spagna del 1982 vinti dall’Italia e vissuti come una parentesi di serenità nel difficile momento attraversato dal Paese. Vengono quindi analizzati ...
  • “Pinguis Bononia”, alle origini di un mito culinario 

    Neri, Francesco (F. Neri, “Pinguis Bononia”, alle origini di un mito culinario, «Clionet. Per un senso del tempo e dei luoghi», 2022, n.6, pp. 79-82, 2022)
    A recent book by Massimo Montanari traces the historical development of Bolognese cuisine seen as a result of the commercial and intellectual vitality of the city thanks to the presence of the University. The article ...
  • Serge Noiret, Mark Tebeau, and Gerben Zaagsma: Handbook of Digital Public History 

    Apostolopoulos, Petros <Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital History at Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), University of Luxembourg> (P. Apostolopoulos, recensione a, Serge Noiret, Mark Tebeau, and Gerben Zaagsma: Handbook of Digital Public History, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 159-161, 2022)
  • Thorsten Logge, Eva Schöck-Quinteros, and Nils Steffen: Review of Geschichte im Rampenlicht: Inszenierungen historischer Quellen im Theater 

    Esleben, Joerg <University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada> (J. Esleben, recensione a, Thorsten Logge, Eva Schöck-Quinteros, and Nils Steffen: Review of Geschichte im Rampenlicht: Inszenierungen historischer Quellen im Theater, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp.157-158, 2022)
    J. Esleben, recensione a, Thorsten Logge, Eva Schöck-Quinteros, and Nils Steffen: Review of Geschichte im Rampenlicht: Inszenierungen historischer Quellen im Theater, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp.157-158
  • Public History in Russia: The Past, the Present, and (Thoughts About) the Future 

    Zavadski, Andrei <Institute of Art and Material Culture, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany>; Dubina, Vera <Institute for East European History, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Moscow School of Social and Economic Studies (Shaninka), Moscow, Russia; University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany>; Isaev, Egor <Institute for Media Studies, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany>; Kolesnik, Alexandra <Poletaev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities (IGITI); School of History, Faculty of Humanities, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia>; Lajus, Julia <DGE Global Studies Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland>; Suverina, Katerina <Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia; University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany> (A. Zavadski, V. Dubina, E. Isaev, A. Kolesnik, J. Lajus and K. Suverina, Public History in Russia: The Past, the Present, and (Thoughts About) the Future, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 143-156, 2022)
    This discussion’s participants – all public historians working on Russia, albeit from different disciplinary backgrounds and with different areas of expertise – speak about the past and the present of (public) history in ...
  • Performing History in China: Cultural Memory in the Present 

    Li, Na <East China Normal University, Shanghai, China> (N. Li, Performing History in China: Cultural Memory in the Present, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 127-141, 2022)
    Performing history has become immensely popular in China since the dawn of the twenty-first century. What is exactly the cultural impulse behind the massive craze for performing history in China? Premised on history being ...
  • ‘Fluid’ Identity in Text-Building: A Study of the Revitalization of Origin Tales in West Hunan, China 

    Peng, Lijing <Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland> (L. Peng, ‘Fluid’ Identity in Text-Building: A Study of the Revitalization of Origin Tales in West Hunan, China, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 115-126, 2022)
    My research looks into the revitalization of Miao origin myths in the West Hunan minority ethnic autonomous prefecture in China. Based on two years of fieldwork and archival studies, I propose that West Hunan people’s ...
  • Dark Academia: Curating Affective History in a COVID-Era Internet Aesthetic 

    Adriaansen, Robbert-Jan <Center for Historical Culture, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands> (R.J. Adriaansen, Dark Academia: Curating Affective History in a COVID-Era Internet Aesthetic, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 105-114, 2022)
    Dark academia is an ‘internet aesthetic,’ an aesthetic style used in posts on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Tumblr that resonates the atmosphere of life in boarding schools, prep schools, and (Ivy League) colleges ...
  • ‘On Our Own Terms’: Refusal, Masks, and Indigenous Counter-narratives in Santiago de Chile Public Space 

    Casagrande, Olivia <The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England> (O. Casagrande, ‘On Our Own Terms’: Refusal, Masks, and Indigenous Counter-narratives in Santiago de Chile Public Space, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 93-104, 2022)
    The exhibition MapsUrbe: The invisible City (December 2018 – January 2019) staged the creations of young Mapuche artists and activists addressing the politics and history of the indigenous diaspora in Santiago (Chile). ...
  • Female Counter-Curation: A Case Study of Polish Napoleonic War Reenactment 

    Tomann, Juliane <Universität Regensburg, Germany> (J. Tomann, Female Counter-Curation: A Case Study of Polish Napoleonic War Reenactment, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 81-92, 2022)
    Historical reenactment has developed from a niche phenomenon to a global one over the past couple of decades. As a popular pastime it sparks enthusiasm and curiosity for past lifeworlds among the reenactors themselves as ...
  • Curation as a Social Practice: Counter-Narratives in Public Space 

    Kathke, Torsten <Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany>; Tomann, Juliane <Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany>; Uhlig, Mirko <Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany> (T. Kathke, J. Tomann, M. Uhlig, Curation as a Social Practice: Counter-Narratives in Public Space, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 2, pp. 71-79, 2022)
    The term “curation” has taken on a host of meanings beyond the museum context. While there are marked differences between its meanings – including the specific act of exhibition-making as well as the act of keeping and ...

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