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Digital Personal Memories: The Archiving of the Self and Public History
(V. Schafer, "Digital Personal Memories: The Archiving of the Self and Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 377-384, 2022)
By providing a facilitated access to data storage, digital technologies seemto make expression and preservation of the self more straightforward. They reconfi-gure the means and forms of access to data, thus also affecting ...
New Field, Old Practices: Promises and Challenges of Public History
(T. Cauvin, New Field, Old Practices: Promises and Challenges of Public History, «Magazén», 2, 2021, n. 1, pp. 13-44, 2021)
Although public history is becoming increasingly international, the field
remains difficult to define and subject to some criticism. Based on sometimes longestablished public practices, public history displays new approaches ...
La memoria delle “anziane” maestre. Ricercare radici per costruire storie
(A. Cagnolati, B. De Serio, La memoria delle “anziane” maestre. Ricercare radici per costruire storie, in G. Bandini, S. Oliviero (a cura di), "Public History of Education: riflessioni, testimonianze, esperienze", 2019, pp.197-210, 2019)
This contribution focuses on the memory of older women, in the role of pupils and teachers. The starting point is the awareness of the role that the elderly person plays for younger generations, as an agent of transformation ...
Storie e memorie della prima generazione di educatrici ed educatori dei nidi in Toscana
(E. Macinai, S. Oliviero, Storie e memorie della prima generazione di educatrici ed educatori dei nidi in Toscana, in G. Bandini, S. Oliviero (a cura di), "Public History of Education: riflessioni, testimonianze, esperienze", 2019, pp. 159-168, 2019)
This contribution describes some steps of a research, by its nature constantly in progress, which has seen us engaged on several occasions in recent years, namely the collection and sharing of the stories and memories of ...
National museums and the mobilization of history: commemorative exhibitions of Anglo-Irish conflicts in Ireland and Northern Ireland (1921-2006)
(T. Cauvin, National museums and the mobilization of history: commemorative exhibitions of Anglo-Irish conflicts in Ireland and Northern Ireland (1921-2006). Florence, European University Institute, 2012, 2012)
Through the study of commemorative exhibitions arranged at the National Museum of Ireland (Ireland) and at the Ulster Museum (Northern Ireland), this thesis compares the changing representations of three historical conflicts ...
Experiences of Public History and ICT for the Representation of Cultural Heritage
(S. Mantini, Experiences of Public History and ICT for the Representation of Cultural Heritage in «DISEGNARE CON», 12, 2019, pp. 161-164, (2019)
Public History is a field of the historical sciences where historians carry out activities related to the research and communication of history with and for different audiences.
This article aims to analyze the role of ...
At the crossroads with public history: mediating the Holocaust on the Internet
(E. Pfanzelter, At the crossroads with public history: mediating the Holocaust on the Internet, «Holocaust Studies. A journal of Culture and History», 21, 2015, n. 4, pp. 250-271, 2015)
For memorials, museums, and research institutions as well as for scholars and historians, the Internet has become an indispensable tool for the dissemination of knowledge about the Holocaust. These representatives of a ...
I giorni della Memoria e del Ricordo. I viaggi di formazione nelle scuole toscane come Public History of Education
(L. Bravi, I giorni della Memoria e del Ricordo. I viaggi di formazione nelle scuole toscane come Public History of Education, in G. Bandini, S. Oliviero (a cura di), "Public History of Education: riflessioni, testimonianze, esperienze", 2019, pp. 185-196, (2019)
The construction of social cadres of memory is a process that is linked to the selection and oblivion of historical events, through a collective narrative aiming at building a sense of belonging and citizenship. Is it ...
Public History in Movement – Present Pasts: the Memory of Slavery in Brazil
(J. R. De Almeida, L. M. Viana, Public History in Movement – Present Pasts: the Memory of Slavery in Brazil, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 1, pp. 1-7, 2018)
Present Pasts: The Memory of Slavery in Brazil is a sound testament to the Brazilian public history movemen.This problematization of the “present pasts of slavery” finds fertile ground in Brazilian public history because ...
Fallen Monuments: An Introduction
This essay introduces the special section on Fallen Monuments. It explores the importance of monuments as one of the ways in which publics engage with the past and explains why they often become sites of debate and ...