Recent Submissions

  • The Salvetti Project: A Journey Toward Digital Approaches and Public History 

    Boerio, Davide <Medici Archive Project>; Mori, Antonello <European University Institute> (D. Boerio, A. Mori,The Salvetti Project: A Journey Toward Digital Approaches and Public History, «Magazén», 5, 2024, n. 1, pp. 75-102, 2024)
    This article offers an in-depth exploration of The Salvetti Project, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to the digitisation and analysis of handwritten newsletters from the Medici Residents in London between 1640 and ...
  • Rimediazione degli archivi di film: Digital Humanities e patrimonio audiovisivo 

    Catanese, Rossella <Università degli Studi della Tuscia>; Petrucci, Chiara <Università degli Studi della Tuscia> (R. Catanese, C. Petrucci, Rimediazione degli archivi di film: Digital Humanities e patrimonio audiovisivo, «Magazén», 5, 2024, n. 1, pp. 37-54, 2024)
    The curatorship of audiovisual archival collections is currently influenced by the challenges of digital technologies. Integrating these technologies can open new horizons in accessing, preserving, and enhancing audiovisual ...
  • Let’s spill the BIMs. Riflessioni sul potenziale delle applicazioni BIM in ambito archeologico 

    Moscardo, Cecilia <Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia>; Bortolami, Fiorenza <Università Ca’ Foscari>; Delpozzo, Eleonora <Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia> (C. Moscardo, F. Bortolami, E. Delpozzo, Let’s spill the BIMs. Riflessioni sul potenziale delle applicazioni BIM in ambito archeologico, «Magazén», 5, 2024, n. 1, pp. 55-74, 2024)
    Nowadays, there is a growing interest in applying BIM (Building Information Modeling) technologies to cultural heritage and archaeological sites. These applications are at an early stage for archaeology, but relevant issues ...
  • Storia dell’architettura e Digital Humanities per la conoscenza e la conservazione del patrimonio costruito: un'esperienza italiana 

    Metin, Alper <Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna>; Rognoni, Francesca <Dipartimento delle Arti - Università di Bologna> (A. Metin-F. Rognoni, Storia dell’architettura e Digital Humanities per la conoscenza e la conservazione del patrimonio costruito: un'esperienza italiana, «Magazén», 5, 2024, n. 1, pp. 9-35, 2024)
    This essay illustrates the ALOA project promoted by ICCD, whose aim is the reconfiguration of the ministerial records for the architectural heritage of Italy with the help of novel information technologies (ontology ...
  • Interpreting History Through Fiction Three Writers Discuss their Methods 

    Conroy, Thom <Massey University>; Grochowicz, Joanna; Sanders, Cristina (T. Conroy, J. Grochowicz, C. Sanders, Interpreting History Through Fiction: Three Writers Discuss their Methods, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 195–206, 2022)
    In ‘Interpreting History Through Fiction: Three Writers Discuss their Methods’, creative historical authors Thom Conroy, Joanna Grochowicz and Cristina Sanders engage in a conversation about the intersection of history and ...
  • The Public Good of Digital (Academic) History 

    Lenihan, Rebecca <Victoria University of Wellington> (R. Lenihan, The Public Good of Digital (Academic) History, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 185–194, 2022)
    Is digital history public history? It does not have to be, but it probably should be. When we make our digital history products freely and publicly available, we not only make our scholarship more transparent, but also ...
  • Materteral Consumption Magic: The Hay’s Rooftop Playground, Christchurch, New Zealand 

    Pickles, Katie <University of Canterbury> (K. Pickles, Materteral Consumption Magic: The Hay’s Rooftop Playground, Christchurch, New Zealand. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 168–184., 2022)
    With themes of corporate and civic paternalism, magic, Disney-like fantasy and childcare, this article recovers and analyses the Hay’s rooftop playground, the people who invented it and their motivations for luring generations ...
  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Abuse in Care and Making our Disability History Visible 

    Stace, Hilary (H. Stace, Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Abuse in Care and Making our Disability History Visible. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp.156–167, 2022)
    Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is currently inquiring into the historic abuse of those in state and faith-based care and uncovering stories of violence, neglect and exclusion. Disabled ...
  • Channelling a Haunting: Deconstructing Settler Memory and Forgetting about New Zealand History at National Institutions 

    MacDonald, Liana; Bellas, Kim; Gardenier, Emma; Green, Adrienne J. (L. MacDonald, K. Bellas, E. Gardenier, A.J. Green, Channelling a Haunting: Deconstructing Settler Memory and Forgetting about New Zealand History at National Institutions, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 142–155., 2022)
    The Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum will be compulsory in 2023; what and how New Zealand history will be taught is currently up for debate. An innovative approach to engaging key curriculum understandings like ...
  • Consulting the Past: Creating a National History Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand 

    Neill, Carol <Auckland University of Technology>; Belgrave, Michael <Massey University>; Oliveira, Genaro <Massey University> (C. Neill, M. Belgrave, G. Oliveira, Consulting the Past: Creating a National History Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 128–141., 2022)
    In many countries, the development of national history curricula has been politically controversial, causing great public interest and concern. Such controversies tend to bring into tension diverse political, social and ...
  • ‘Egmont, Who Was He?’. The Debate Over Restoration of the Name of Taranaki Maunga 

    Morris, Ewan (E. Morris, ‘Egmont, Who Was He?’ The Debate Over Restoration of the Name of Taranaki Maunga, Public History Review, 29 (2022), 114–127, 2022)
    As part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s process of settling historical Treaty of Waitangi claims, a settlement is expected to be completed soon in relation to the maunga (mountain) known to Māori as Taranaki. In addition to ...
  • Seeing Differently: Understanding Pākehā Constructions of Mountain Landscapes in Aotearoa 

    Davidson, Lee <Victoria University of Wellington> (L. Davidson, Seeing Differently: Understanding Pākehā Constructions of Mountain Landscapes in Aotearoa, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 96–113, 2022)
    Mountains are central to how New Zealanders see themselves as a nation and the image that they project to the world. At the same time, Māori have been engaged in a long-running campaign seeking acknowledgement of the mana ...
  • Te Ora a Ururoa. Learning from the Mahi of Kaitiaki 

    Muru-Lanning, Marama <University of Auckland>; Mills, Keri <University of Auckland>; Tukiri, Charmaine <University of Auckland>; Harrison, Ngāhuia < University of Auckland>; Lanning, Gerald <University of Auckland> (M. Muru-Lanning, K. Mills, N. Harrison,G. Lanning, C. Tukiri, Te Ora a Ururoa: Learning from the Mahi of Kaitiaki, Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 78–95., 2022)
    Kaitiakitanga, often translated simplistically and conveniently as ‘guardianship’ or ‘stewardship’ has in practice been intensely political - an urgent fight to stop the destruction and despoliation of sacred places and ...
  • Niue Fakahoamotu Nukutuluea Motutefua Nukututaha: Critical Discussions of Niue History in and Beyond Aotearoa New Zealand 

    Pasisi, Jessica <University of Otago>; Fa'avae, IIoane Aleke <Unitec Institute of Technology>; Lavatangaloa Henry, Zoë Catherine <University of Auckland>; Atfield-Douglas, Rennie <University of Auckland>; Makaola, Toliain; Lisimoni Togahai, Birtha <University of the South Pacific, Niue Campus>; Feilo, Zora <Tupumaiga A Niue Trust>; Pilisi, Asetoa Sam <University of Auckland> (J. Pasisi, Z. C. L. Henry, I. A. Fa’avae, R. AtfieldDouglas, B. L. Togahai, T. Makaola, Z. Feilo, A. S. Pilisi, Niue Fakahoamotu Nukutuluea Motutefua Nukututaha: Critical Discussions of Niue History in and Beyond Aotearoa New Zealand. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 67–77, 2021)
    Bringing together Niue scholars, creatives and thinkers from various disciplines and fields, this article is the culmination of two conference roundtables, a history panel, and multiple ongoing discussions about critically ...
  • Tupuna Wahine, Saina, Tupuna Vaine, Matua Tupuna Fifine, Mapiạg Hạni. Grandmothers in the Archives 

    Greensill, Hineitimoana; Taito, Mere; Pasisi, Jessica; Lujan Bennett, Jesi; Dean, Marylise; Monise, Maluseu (H. Greensill, M. Taito, J. Pasisi, J. L. Bennett, M. Dean, M. Monise, Tupuna Wahine, Saina, Tupuna Vaine, Matua Tupuna Fifine, Mapiag Hani: Grandmothers in the Archives. Public History Review, 29 (2022), pp. 54–66, 2022)
    From various parts of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa, we have come together as Indigenous scholars to weave stories of our grandmothers in the archives. From our own sea, land and skyscapes to the diasporic realities of generations ...
  • 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 ...

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