Conclusion: Guardians Of Living History

2020 ◽  
pp. 323-338
Keyword(s):  
Living History

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: REMEMBERING THE GREAT WAR BETWEEN TRUTH AND REENACTMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 119-140
Author(s):  
Jay Winter
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Living History ◽  
Great War ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
Historical Reenactment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Great War

AbstractThis paper analyses the phenomenon of historical reenactment of Great War battles as an effort to create what is termed ‘living history’. Thousands of people all over the world have participated in such reenactments, and their number increased significantly during the period surrounding the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War. Through a comparison with representations of war in historical writing, in museums and in the performing arts, I examine the claim of reenactors that they can enter into historical experience. I criticise this claim, and show how distant it is from those who do not claim to relive history but (more modestly) to represent it. In their search for ‘living history’, reenactors make two major errors. They strip war of its political content, and they sanitise and trivialise combat.

scholarly journals Reprendre le fil de la trame narrative

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devora Neumark
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Living History ◽  
Human Rights Violations

L’oralité (storytelling) en tant que pratique artistique dans le Québec d’aujourd’hui allant à l’encontre des exposés narratifs publics courants, le projet Picking Up the Storylines (« Reprendre le fil de la trame narrative ») interroge les paramètres et les résultats du processus public de la storytelling. La Charte des valeurs québécoises et la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada y sont relues en parallèle avec le Scar Project (projet Cicatrice), de Nadia Myre, et le travail du Living History Ensemble, dans le contexte du projet Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide and Human Rights Violations (« Récits de vie de Montréalais et Montréalaises déplacées par la guerre, le génocide et les violations des droits de la personne »). Une telle comparaison appelle une analyse critique en vue de déterminer quand et comment les récits supprimés, ignorés et inédits de personnes marginalisées peuvent contribuer à l’instauration de politiques libératoires.

God's Gift. A Living History of Dulwich College

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
P. H. Vellacott ◽  
Sheila Hodges
Keyword(s):  
Living History ◽  
History Of

Ingal valley as an archaeological site

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (01) ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
Alexander Klimenko ◽  
Andrey Fedorov
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Living History ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
The South ◽  
Special Scientific ◽  
Archaeological Objects

The article is devoted to the consideration of the historical and cultural potential of the Ingal valley as a unique archaeological site in the south of the Tyumen region. Monuments of the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages of special scientific interest are highlighted. Key problems of development of this area are identified. In the context of the development of the Ingal valley, methods have been proposed for showing archaeological objects (museification and “living archeology”) and the possibility of creating an archaeological museum in this territory in the form of an archaeological park, museum-reserve or museum of living history. The development of the concept of the project “Ingala valley tourist complex” was proposed”.

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