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    • 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 ...

    • The Archival Book as an Experimental Dialogue in Public History 

      Chowdhury, Indira <Centre for Public History, Srishti-Manipal Institute> (I. Chowdhury, The Archival Book as an Experimental Dialogue in Public History, Public History Review, 30 (2023), pp. 61–70, 2023)
      This article argues for a new genre of book making which I call an archival book that is created to present archival material to the public. The book discussed here was published as a commemorative volume in 2010, soon ...

    • Public History in Australia 

      Evans, Tanya <Macquarie University> (T. Evans, Public History in Australia, «Public History Review», 30, 2023, pp. 15-21, 2023)
      This article charts the peaks and troughs of public history inside and outside academia in Australia and the promise of the establishment of a new network of public historians in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It ...

    • Complicated Pasts, Promising Futures: Public History on the Island of Ireland 

      Foster, Ann-­Marie <Northumbria University> (A.-M. Foster, Complicated Pasts, Promising Futures: Public History on the Island of Ireland, «Public History Review», 30, 2023, pp. 6-14, 2023)
      This overview article explores the nature of public history on the island of Ireland, discussing current trends in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Family history and digital history are highly popular ways ...

    • The Age of Public History 

      Ashton, Paul <University of Technology Sydney> (P. Ashton, The Age of Public History, «Public History Review» 30, 2023, pp. 3–5, 2023)

    • Introduction: Public History in the Global Context 

      Li, Na <East China Normal University> (N. Li, Introduction: Public History in the Global Context, «Public History Review», 30, 2023, pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.5130/phrj.v30i0.8372, 2023)

    • Contemporary Adventures with The Garden of Earthly Delights: Open Worlds and Hieronymus Bosch 

      Rhodes, Rebekah <Colección SOLO, Madrid> (R. Rhodes- Contemporary Adventures with The Garden of Earthly Delights: Open Worlds and Hieronymus Bosch- «Magazén», 4, 2023, n. 2, pp. 329-356, 2023)
      Over 500 years after it was created, Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights continues to intrigue viewers. It has inspired contemporary artwork across diverse media including experimental film, digital animation ...

    • Year of the Goblin 

      Monteanni, Luigi <SOAS University of London> (L. Monteanni- Year of the Goblin- «Magazén», 4, 2023, n. 2, pp. 291-327, 2023)
      This paper sheds light on the connections between musical undergrounds and the global emergence of ‘goblin mode’ as a political aesthetic. In March 2022 The Guardian published an article discussing the popularity of a new ...

    • Mapping Our Digital Menagerie: A Monster Manual for the Megadungeon 

      Nova, Nicolas < Genève (HES-SO)> (N. Nova- Mapping Our Digital Menagerie: A Monster Manual for the Megadungeon- «Magazén», 4, 2023, n. 2, pp. 271-289., 2023)
      Relying on a comparison between the complex spatial organization of our current digital ecosystem and the ones from dungeons in role-playing games, this article analyzes the multiple entities that populate our computers, ...

    • Digital Depth: A Volumetric Speculation 

      De Seta, Gabriele <Universitetet i Bergen> (G. De Seta- Digital Depth: A Volumetric Speculation- «Magazén», 4, 2023, n. 2, pp. 245-270, 2023)
      Counter commonplace associations with superficial mediation and networked flatness, the digital seems to have its own peculiar depths, which range from the infrastructural (deep sea cables, deep packet inspection, crawl ...