Abstract: This paper examines how hegemonic ideologies and discourses shape public representations of ancient history, including in popular culture. Ideally speaking, classroom practices need to foster critical engagement with various… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Colonial Legacy (Koloniales Erbe)’
Serial (Hi)Stories: The American West on TV
The show “Yellowstone”‘s overall storylines tend to reproduce the hegemonic narrative of settler colonialism.
“They’re at it again”: The ‘English’ in Irish Textbooks
How does a former colony depict its coloniser once given the opportunity to tell its own history in school books?
Historiopraxis: Zur Analyse pluralistischer Geschichtspraktiken
For the past two years, a ship in Hamburg has been seen as a symbol of Hamburg’s cosmopolitanism and as a sign of colonial oppression.
History Education for Justice and Empowerment in Palestine
Step into one of the most controversial realms where – in Palestine and Israel – history, religious entitlement and human rights collide.
Indigenous Voices, Climate Change, and Modern Slavery
The images described in this article portray settler violence and subjugation; but also highlight indigenous resistance and knowledge
“Silence of Innocents”: Portuguese De-colonization
In Portugal, the restoration or demolition of the landmarks of the ‘Discoveries’ and colonialism has been extensively debated.
Sounding the Silences: History, Revision and Inclusion
Histories, like narratives in general, can foreground or exclude. The choice of narrative subject is an inclusory and an exclusionary gesture.