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Where is the Seeker Who Searches for Another? Decolonial Approaches to Digital Public History 寻找他人的人在哪里？数字公共历史的非殖民方法

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International Public History Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1515/iph-2024-2005

Chao Tayiana Maina

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Can It Be a Gamechanger? Interrogating the Prospects of Decolonization Through Public History in Japan 它能改变游戏规则吗？通过日本的公共历史探究非殖民化的前景

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International Public History Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1515/iph-2024-2001

Emi Tozawa

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A Reflection on and a Conversation about History, Memory, and Education at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial 达豪集中营纪念馆的历史、记忆和教育反思与对话

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International Public History Pub Date : 2024-01-23 DOI: 10.1515/iph-2023-2015

A. Etges

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Joanna Wojdon, Dorota Wiśniewska, ed., Public in Public History Joanna Wojdon、Dorota Wisniewska 编著，《公共历史中的公共性

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International Public History Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1515/iph-2023-2014

P. Knevel

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Partnerships with Public Institutions: Reflecting on Applied History and Social Justice Principles 与公共机构合作：反思应用历史和社会公正原则