In public debates the input of historians seems to play a subordinate role. Instead, the contemporary witnesses are more important, because they are those who can talk about “what it was really like”.
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Public History and Spaces of Knowledge
Scientists have workspaces for research and teaching, e.g. laboratories or media platforms. Against the background of public history’s focus on participation and cooperation: where does public history position itself in this ‘question of space’?
Post-ism. The Humanities, Displaced by their Trends
What is post-ism about? The humanities are a scholarly institution in which human culture is thematized, investigated, and analyzed. They do it in the special way we call ‘scholarly’ or, in most other languages, ‘scientific’. But, nevertheless…
Reclaiming Relevance from the Dark Side
The ‘tyranny of relevance’ is a convenient and popular target for academic historians. Mention the ‘r’ word with a raised eyebrow during a conference coffee break, or condemn instrumentalist research policy at a committee meeting and you are likely to receive murmurs of sympathy.
Who We Are: Public Historians as Multiple Personalities?
There is no doubt that, since its inception in the United States, public history has been increasingly professionalized internationally as an academic teaching and research discipline. At German universities, however, its status is still fuzzy. Although …
Thank you—No Offence Meant! The Humanities in Splendid Isolation
From our “Wilde 13” section. Abstract: “Thank you for your kind introduction,” “Many thanks for your stimulating comments,” “Thank you for those further references,” “Thank you, I shall… Read More ›
Danke und nichts für ungut! Geisteswissenschaften ganz bei sich
From our “Wilde 13” section. Abstract: “Danke für die freundliche Einführung”, “Vielen Dank für die anregenden Kommentare”, “Ich danke Ihnen für die weiterführenden Hinweise”, “Danke, ich werde das gerne… Read More ›
Hot Property, Cool Storage, Grey Literature
Are you still listening to the promises that interconnectedness would abolish all hierarchies, that that mythical entity, “The Web,” would dissolve all boundaries, providing everything for everyone, a promised digital realm within immediate reach? All one had to do, so the claim went, was to be creative yet highly disciplined, and permanently online with everyone else, all of us using the new, smart programmes.