ELPHi, Electronic Library of Public History: Recent submissions
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Assorted Bastards of Australian History
(P. Daley, Assorted Bastards of Australian History. «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1–4, 2021)Cook looms as large in Australian statuary as he does in nomenclature and, perhaps especially, psyche. To those who still deify him as the explorer at the vanguard of white-hatted colonial Enlightenment he remains the Neil ... -
Unfinished Business: Rewriting the Past
(A. Clark, Unfinished Business: Rewriting the Past, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1–4., 2021)Understanding History’s history requires reading and analysing the texts it has produced across time, and the diverse historians who made them. In settler-colonial societies like Australia, understanding the power and ... -
Erasing History? Monuments as Archaeological Artefacts
(C. Baxter, Erasing History?: Monuments as Archaeological Artefacts, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp.1–3, 2021)Following work on a master’s thesis about relocating monuments, the author reflects on the way that public monuments form an archaeological record of a society, arguing that by thinking of monuments as archaeology rather ... -
‘Who controls the past… controls the future’: A Case for Dialogical Memorialisation
(M. Smith, ‘Who controls the past… controls the future’: A Case for Dialogical Memorialisation, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1–12, 2021)Ultimately, dialogical memorialisation is a way to promote critical thinking and engagement with these old statues, moving away from viewing them as nineteenth-century memory culture relics and transforming them into more ... -
Set in Stone? Dialogical Memorialisation and the Beginnings of Australia’s Statue Wars
(B. Scates, Set in Stone? Dialogical Memorialisation and the Beginnings of Australia’s Statue Wars, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp.1–12, 2021)Memorials to white explorers and pioneers long stood (virtually) unchallenged in the heart of Australia’s towns and cities. By occupying civic space, they served to legitimise narratives of conquest and dispossession, ... -
'Remembering Aesi': Women's History, Dialogical Memorials and Sydney's Statuary
(K. Lindsey, ‘Remembering Aesi’: Women’s History, Dialogical Memorials and Sydney’s Statuary, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1–16., 2021)In this article I draw upon a definition of ‘dialogical memorial’ offered by Brad West to offer an experimental artist's brief that outlines the various ways that a contemporary monument to the colonial artist, Adelaide ... -
Dark Pasts in the Landscape: Statue Wars in Western Australia
(2021-06-22)In an era of reconciliation and truth-telling, many have questioned the symbolic power of statues. A storm of controversy across the globe galvanised an electric energy in which many statues were damaged or toppled. Statues ... -
Toppling the Past? Statues, Public Memory and the Afterlife of Empire in Contemporary New Zealand
(2021-06-22)This article explores some of the recent debates over statues, memorials and cultures of commemoration in New Zealand. These 'statue wars' are particularly focused on explorers, military men, colonial governors, and even ... -
'Setting the Scene': Statue Wars and Ungrateful Citizens
(2021)This article provides an outline of the current statue wars in Australia, England, America, New Zealand and Eastern Europe before reviewing the many of the acts of public history making these contestations have inspired ... -
Flying Below the Radar. Civil Aviation Heritage in Australia's Northern Territory
(F. Shanahan, Flying Below the Radar: Civil Aviation Heritage in Australia’s Northern Territory,«Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp. 1–13, 2021)Australian government administrators and private enterprise took full advantage of the opportunities made possible by civil aviation in Australia’s Northern Territory. Yet, there is a common perception among Territorians ... -
Collective Immersion by Affections: How Children Relate to Heritage Sites
(C. Trenter, et al, Collective Immersion by Affections: How Children Relate to Heritage Sites, «Public History Review», 28 (2021), pp.1–13., 2021)This article explores, through group-interviews and in terms of peer-culture, the ways in which pupils negotiate experiences from school-excursions to three heritage sites, Vadstena Castle, a former Royal Castle connected ... -
A Brief Editorial Note on Relations and Megadungeons in the Digital and Public Humanities
(F. Fischer, D. Mantoan, B. Tramelli, A Brief Editorial Note on Relations and Megadungeons in the Digital and Public Humanities, «Magazén», 4, 2023, n. 2, pp. 181-182, 2023)After four years of deep methodological reflections on our scholarly field, we are pleased to announce the publication of the first guest-edited issue of magazén, thus hopefully kickstarting a new trend in our Journal’s ... -
A New Chapter in a Journal’s Life and the Broadening Field of Digital and Public Humanities
(F. Fischer, D. Mantoan, B. Tramelli, A New Chapter in a Journal’s Life and the Broadening Field of Digital and Public Humanities, «Magazén», 5, 2024, n. 1, pp. 5- 7, 2024) -
For a New International Public History
(T. Cauvin, For a New International Public History, «Public History Review», 30 (2023), pp. 71-78, 2023)Proposed in the United States of America in the 1970s, the term “public history” is now used in various parts of the world. The internationalization of the field of public history raises various questions about its definition, ... -
A New Zeal for History: Public History in New Zealand
(A. Trapeznik, A New Zeal for History: Public History in New Zealand, «Public History Review», 30 (2023), pp. 79–88, 2023)Public history is still a relatively unknown term in New Zealand, an island nation in the southwest pacific with a population of around 4.6 million people. Until the late 1980s it was rare for professional historians to ... -
The Memorial Afterlives of Online Crowdsourcing: ‘Lives of the First World War’ at Imperial War Museums
(A-M. Foster, J. Wallis, The Memorial Afterlives of Online Crowdsourcing: ‘Lives of the First World War’ at Imperial War Museums, «Public History Review», 30 (2023), pp. 89-104, 2023)From May 2014 to March 2019 the Imperial War Museums launched a large-scale digital crowdsourcing project, ‘Lives of the First World War’. ‘Lives’ melded official and unofficial datasets to create an integrated database ... -
Davantage qu’une simple plaque… Odonymie et espace public
(C. Kesteloot, J. Rilla, Davantage qu’une simple plaque… Odonymie et espace public, «Passés Futurs», n.15 (2024), pp. 4-18, 2024)Ces dernières années, l’odonymie a été l’objet d’un intérêt renouvelé qui couvre de nombreuses disciplines. Lien entre le passé, le présent et l’avenir, la dénomination des noms de rues, dès lors qu’elle dépasse un ... -
Ecos de la Nueva Troya. Nomenclatura y gestión del pasado en Montevideo (1840-1940)
(C. Porley, Ecos de la Nueva Troya, «Passés Futurs», n.15 (2024), pp. 20-56, 2024)Se aborda la nomenclatura de Montevideo como instrumento moderno de apropiación simbólica del territorio y de escritura de la historia, desde la aprobación del primer nomenclátor republicano a la conmemoración de su ...
