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{"title":"The Circle of Life: Reinvigorating the Humanities with Undergraduate Public History Curriculum","authors":"Stella A. Ress","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2019-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2019-0007","url":null,"abstract":"In November of 2018, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced its final plan to eliminate six majors, including history.1 Although this is perhaps the most recent, notable instance of cuts to humanities programs and the liberal arts across the United States, it is not the first and it will probably not be the last.2 These cuts are in response to the deadly triumvirate of declining enrollment numbers, budget shortfalls, and the nascent stress on career-oriented majors.3 Despite, or maybe because of this grim reality, graduate programs in public history abound; in fact, they are growing in Europe and other parts of the world.4 Such developments, however, have ethical implications in that they seem to leverage student concerns about employable futures to secure much-needed student dollars. Instead of focusing on creating new programs that are not only costly, and may not provide those seemingly sure paths to careers (as university administrators are all too happy to tout), this article argues that we should be focusing on reinvigorating our discipline by integrating public history projects and curriculum into all history classes and not limit them merely to those designated formally as public history courses or programs.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2019-0007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43574257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"David Dean, ed., A Companion to Public History","authors":"Catalina Muñoz","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2019-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2019-0010","url":null,"abstract":"In his introduction to this extensive volume, David Dean writes that “public history deals with the ways in which the past is created and presented in the public arena as history.” (p. 2) Approaches to this kind of work are tremendously diverse. Agreement is difficult in terms of a basic definition of the field as well as on who has the legitimacy to perform that task, what practices and representations count as public history, and where should efforts to produce it be based. Some regard it as a practice, others as a field of knowledge, and others as both. At the heart of the description provided by Dean is the distinction between the past and history, or as Michel-Rolph Trouillot put it in Silencing the Past, the difference between “what happened” and “that which is said to have happened.”1 Among public historians there are diverging approaches to the relationship between these two concepts: some emphasize an overlap while others are interested in the fluidity of the boundary between them. This volume seeks to capture that diversity and Dean fittingly frames the compilation in his opening sentence as “a conversation about history in the public realm, the place of the past in the present, and how present-day concerns shape the ways in which we engage with and represent the past” (p. 1).2 By stating that his objective is to foster a conversation he sets the tone: he offers us a conversation that is open, introducing debates to be expanded upon, and inviting us to join. The scope of the compilation is daunting and this is one of its strengths. Dean tried to capture the diversity of a field he knows well, making room for a very inclusive selection: thirty-four chapters written by authors from eighteen different countries, including well-known names and insightful newcomers, and among them not only historians, but also sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, geographers and archivists. Navigation of the volume is facilitated by the sorting of chapters into seven parts: Identifying Public History, Situating Public History, Doing Public History, Using Public History, Preserving Public History, Performing Public history, and Contesting Public History. The titles beginning with verbs emphasize action as one of the trademarks of the field. As anyone who has been part of a program committee at a public history conference knows, it is not an easy task to organize the wide array of possibilities included under this umbrella. The chapters could have been organized in different ways, but the one chosen by the editor is certainly helpful. As can be expected from a volume so diverse, each reader will inevitably be more interested in certain chapters and find others less appealing. Their quality is also uneven: a few remain merely descriptive while others introduce innovative and critical perspectives. The Companion includes chapters that cover subjects one would expect to be present in a public history discussion: museums, monuments and memorials, d","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2019-0010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47025535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reacting to the (Public) Past™: Innovations in Public History Pedagogy","authors":"Katie Stringer Clary","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2019-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2019-0005","url":null,"abstract":"“All I want to do is tell the story and history of these noble savages,” Mr. Howard Price exclaims to the gasps and outrage of the assembled Cultural Patrimony Congress of 1988. “Noble savages!?” Native American activist Maria Pearson interjects; “These are our ancestors and people, not artifacts for your entertainment.” So begins another debate at the meeting of the minds discussion of the United States’ Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. It isn’t 1988, though, but 2018 in a classroom in South Carolina. This congress is comprised of undergraduate students of public history, not influential lawmakers, activists, archaeologists, or museum professionals. The class is participating in a Reacting to the Past role-play simulation to engage with issues of patriation, ethics, and a variety of other public history issues. Through these innovative simulations, students learn the principles of public history and historical research in courses that are designed for the general education requirements and courses about public history for undergraduates. Through games, role-play, and reenactments students build empathy, analyze events and ideas from all sides, and more clearly understand the role stakeholders play in the creating and presentation of history for the public.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2019-0005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47417806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Negotiating Public Participation through Dance and Drama Techniques: A Roundtable Discussion on the Challenges of Public History Work by the Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit in South Africa","authors":"Phemelo C. Hellemann","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2019-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2019-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit (IAHU) of Rhodes University History Department specializes in innovative methodologies for bringing historical information closer to non-academic audiences. The National Research Foundation of South Africa funds the research work conducted by Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit. This article shares insights from a reflective discussion that took place February 4, 2019 at Rhodes University. The team reflects on the challenges of doing Public History work in South Africa, particularly drawing attention to the issues surrounding academics and the public when it comes to engaging in research and storytelling exercises that unearth untold stories. Experimenting with creative arts such as drama and dance as strategies that can improve public participation in historical work, the team discusses how they are bridging the gap between the public, artists, and academics. The views expressed in this roundtable discussion contribute to the reflexive nature of the methodology employed by the Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2019-0008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43885745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Undergraduate Public History Teaching: How and Why It Can Change University History Training","authors":"Thomas Cauvin","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2019-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2019-0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This essay introduces the special section on undergraduate public history teaching. It explores its various opportunities, its challenges and some options for instructors to design their courses. In addition to presenting the six contributions of this special section, the author proposes some broader reflections on how undergraduate public history teaching can potentially change the ways history is taught but also researched and practiced in universities.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2019-0001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41825768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Learning by Doing: Introducing Students to Public History through Digital Projects","authors":"Anita Lucchesi, Richard Legay","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2019-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2019-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article reflects on the process of building and teaching a course in digital public history for Bachelor students at the University of Luxembourg. The heart of the program was the hands-on, experimental approach. The article describes the organization of the course and presents some of the strategies followed to lead the students through a more holistic and playful approach. The experience shows that the learning by doing motto can be an effective path for teaching public history and especially digital public history, as the digital element opens space for more experimentation.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2019-0004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45040849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INA – An Augmented TV","authors":"Isabelle Veyrat-Masson","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2018-0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2018-0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper describes the extraordinary tool available for the French, in the field of the preservation and provision of audiovisual archives (news, television, radio and Internet). Created in 1974, the National Audiovisual Institute (INA), a public service, was commissioned to collect from radio and television stations archives and programs broadcast by state radio and television for professionals. In a second phase, INA opened its collections to researchers and academics, and more recently, to the general public. INA has also built documentary and research tools. Therefore it can be said that the availability of this audiovisual heritage not only promotes the quality of research on the content of radio and television, but also that the possibility for citizens to consult – through the Internet – a part of these archives might modify the memorial heritage of our contemporaries.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2018-0018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41438586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Limits of Iconoclasm: Soviet War Memorials since the End of Socialism","authors":"Mischa Gabowitsch","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2018-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2018-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There is a widespread perception that the countries of the former Soviet bloc removed all or most communist-era public monuments soon after the end of socialism. Based on a number of heavily publicized instances of iconoclasm, this claim is wildly exaggerated. Focusing on war memorials, the paper provides an overview of cases of destruction and removal, starting in Soviet times. It shows that centralized campaigns to remove Soviet war memorials (as opposed to local initiatives) have been the exception rather than the rule. Thus the most recent Polish decommunization campaign is an outlier among post-socialist policies regarding such memorials. The paper also contextualizes cases of removal and destruction by mentioning other ways of dealing with Soviet war memorials, such as symbolic marginalization, artistic interventions, or new construction.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2018-0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48305594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Apples to Oranges? The American Monumental Landscape","authors":"M. Tebeau","doi":"10.1515/IPH-2018-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/IPH-2018-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Grassroots activism has pushed cities across the United States to reconsider Confederate Monuments. Historians have played an important public role in those discussions. To date approximately 100 such monuments, of the more than 1500 that dot the American landscape, have been removed. The Confederate monuments debate has lent support to the work of activists challenging a wide range of objectionable monuments. For example, memorials that commemorate individuals involved in settler colonialism and the genocide of Native Americans, including monuments to U.S. Presidents, are being reassessed. A broad-based reconsideration of the monumental landscape will require hard political choices as Americans reckon with their difficult national past.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/IPH-2018-0012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48938581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Destruction of the Monument to Humanity: Historical Conflict and Monumentalization","authors":"E. Özbek","doi":"10.1515/iph-2018-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2018-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The destruction of the Monument to Humanity caused a heated debate in Turkey about the relationship between political power and artistic freedom. However, parties in this debate failed, to a great extent, to address the genocidal past the monument had evoked, let alone to take responsibility for the denial of that past in Turkey.","PeriodicalId":52352,"journal":{"name":"International Public History","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/iph-2018-0011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49308142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}