Personal Details: Demantowsky, Marko
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Marko Demantowsky, PhD (*1970), is professor for modern history and history education at at the School of Education FHNW (Departement for Social Sciences Education) and a member of the Institute for Educational Sciences at the University of Basel.
He previously worked as assistant professor for history education at the University of Bochum (07-12) and as visiting professor at Jena University (07-08) and Siegen University (06/07). His main research interests focus on the Digital Change particularly in Public History, the informal learning and history related beliefs, and the theory and history of History Education.
He has created and developed, and now co-manages some multilingual infrastructures in the field of digital history: The Index Didacticorum, The Public History Weekly, The GTS7000.
Marko Demantowsky, Dr. phil. (*1970), Professor für Neuere/Neueste Geschichte und ihre Didaktik an der Pädagogischen Hochschule FHNW (Leiter der Professur für Didaktik der Gesellschaftswissenschaften und ihre Disziplinen) und Mitglied des Instituts für Bildungswissenschaften der Universität Basel.
Zuvor war er als Juniorprofessor für Didaktik der Geschichte an den Ruhr-Universität Bochum (07-12) sowie als Vertretungsprofessor an den Universitäten Jena (07-08) und Siegen (06/07) tätig.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte: der Digitale Wandel, insbesondere in der Public History, das informelle Lernen, die geschichtsbezogenen Beliefs sowie die Theorie und Geschichte der historischen Bildung.
Begründung, Entwicklung und Management von mehrsprachigen Infrastrukturen im Bereich der digitalen Geschichte: Der Index Didacticorum, Public History Weekly, Der Geschichtstalk im Super7000 (GTS7000).
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Now we’re done! (It’s time for Feyerabend)
Jetzt aber Feyerabend!
Now we’re done! (It’s time for Feyerabend)
Paul Feyerabend’s essay “Against method” (1975) is rarely mentioned when scientists try to contextualise and justify their research projects. Or at...
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Hindelang is not Hindu Kush. Military and Tradition
Hindelang ist nicht Hindukusch. Militär und Tradition
Hindelang is not Hindu Kush. Military and Tradition
In recent years, public history scandals have repeatedly occurred in the German Armed Forces. These scandals consisted of the fact that young men were actively referring to the traditions and symbols of the National Socialist Wehrmacht.
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Exploring the Open Access. Editorial
Unterwegs im Open Access. Editorial
Exploring the Open Access. Editorial
A journal that--all things considered--absolutely cannot earn money? A renowned publishing company that becomes involved as a partner in such an undertaking? A Tower of Babel that aids communication? Transdisciplinarity that was not created by a "predatory community"?
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A “Ballfahrtsort”. The German Football Museum
An Interview with the Director
A “Ballfahrtsort”. The German Football Museum
For more than a year now, there is a national football museum in Germany, a "Ballfahrtsort". This new institution of German Public History combines many things that could be considered to be symptomatic for our current times...
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The History-Mad, Dredge-Armed “Fun Guerrilla.” An Interview
Historische “Spaßguerilla” mit Schleppnetz. Ein Interview
The History-Mad, Dredge-Armed “Fun Guerrilla.” An Interview
“Weird History,” [Verrückte Geschichte] otherwise known as “Dr. Guido Knapp,” is a pseudonymous German-speaking Twitter account. Launched only a few years ago, the account has been presenting history-related knowledge and surprising historical facts to wide acclaim, with great public reach, and in a highly amusing fashion.
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A Collaboration Machine. The Index Didacticorum
Eine Kollaborationsmaschine. Der Index Didacticorum
A Collaboration Machine. The Index Didacticorum
Our daily life as researchers is defined by research publications, literature reviews, reports about experiences and discussions, and proposals. That’s self-evident. Right? What is their role for us, in fact? How much do we still read, in order to write? Only very few of us manage to keep ...
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BlogJournal – Bridge between Journal and Weblog
An Interview instead of an Editorial
BlogJournal – Bridge between Journal and Weblog
An Interview with Marko Demantowsky (PHW) by Mareike König (DHI Paris) … We are an international and multilingual journal that addresses the public use of history; our contributors are historians... Read More ›
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“Public History” – Sublation of a German Debate?
“Public History” – Aufhebung einer deutschsprachigen Debatte?
“Public History” – Sublation of a German Debate?
The English term "Public History" is, as is so common for borrowed foreign words, discursively relaxing; an argumentative deus ex machina. It appears as an ideal compromise in a long ...