{"title":"REPOSITIONING IDENTIFICATION: REFLECTIONS ON A VISIT TO HISTORICA’S HERITAGE FAIR","authors":"Lisa Farley","doi":"10.2307/20054209","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this article, I offer a reading of the psychoanalytic concept of identification, with specific attention to its meaning in the context of children’s historical learning. In educational contexts, it is not identification but historical empathy that teachers and researchers typically regard as holding pedagogical status. Using examples from my visit to Historica’s 2004 Heritage Fair, I argue that identification is important for the way it marks the young subject’s ambivalent entry into a world of historical relations. A study of identification cannot advance historical consciousness, but it does highlight the senses of vulnerability and emotional conflict in trying to orient the self to a very old world and the losses this implies. Key words: historical empathy, children, elementary education, representation, Freud, Levinas L’auteure propose ici une lecture du concept psychanalytique de l’identification en analysant plus particulierement sa signification dans le contexte de l’apprentissage de l’histoire chez les enfants. Les enseignants et les chercheurs en education ont l’habitude d’accorder un statut pedagogique non pas a l’identification, mais plutot a «l’empathie historique». A l’aide d’exemples tires d’une visite a la Fete du patrimoine 2004 de Historica, l’auteure soutient que l’identification est importante, car elle marque l’entree ambivalente du jeune dans un monde de relations historiques. Une etude de l’identification ne peut faire progresser la conscience historique, mais elle met en lumiere le sentiment de vulnerabilite et le conflit emotif qui surgissent lorsqu’on essaie de s’orienter dans un univers tres ancien tout comme les pertes qu’implique cette demarche. Mots cles: empathie historique, enfants, enseignement primaire, representation, Freud, Levinas","PeriodicalId":40063,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/20054209","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian Journal of Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/20054209","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this article, I offer a reading of the psychoanalytic concept of identification, with specific attention to its meaning in the context of children’s historical learning. In educational contexts, it is not identification but historical empathy that teachers and researchers typically regard as holding pedagogical status. Using examples from my visit to Historica’s 2004 Heritage Fair, I argue that identification is important for the way it marks the young subject’s ambivalent entry into a world of historical relations. A study of identification cannot advance historical consciousness, but it does highlight the senses of vulnerability and emotional conflict in trying to orient the self to a very old world and the losses this implies. Key words: historical empathy, children, elementary education, representation, Freud, Levinas L’auteure propose ici une lecture du concept psychanalytique de l’identification en analysant plus particulierement sa signification dans le contexte de l’apprentissage de l’histoire chez les enfants. Les enseignants et les chercheurs en education ont l’habitude d’accorder un statut pedagogique non pas a l’identification, mais plutot a «l’empathie historique». A l’aide d’exemples tires d’une visite a la Fete du patrimoine 2004 de Historica, l’auteure soutient que l’identification est importante, car elle marque l’entree ambivalente du jeune dans un monde de relations historiques. Une etude de l’identification ne peut faire progresser la conscience historique, mais elle met en lumiere le sentiment de vulnerabilite et le conflit emotif qui surgissent lorsqu’on essaie de s’orienter dans un univers tres ancien tout comme les pertes qu’implique cette demarche. Mots cles: empathie historique, enfants, enseignement primaire, representation, Freud, Levinas
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The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) is a national peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the membership of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. The CJE prioritizes research and scholarly writing that is of relevance to the Canadian education community. The journal is read by scholars worldwide, and aims to represent the valuable contributions that Canadian scholars in education continue to make to the field. The Journal accepts and publishes both French and English articles and book reviews. CJE on occasion also publishes international papers that shed light on shared issues and that include Canadian authors as references.