Some Reflections on Public History in Canada Today

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Dean ◽  
John C. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Public History ◽  
The State ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
Research Agendas

AbstractThis article offers a reflection on the state of public history in Canada today. The authors focus on four particularly significant and related developments: the growth of the field within universities and colleges; the ways in which public history has helped re-shape research agendas; the influence of public history work outside academia; and Canada’s role in the ongoing process of what has been dubbed ‘the internationalization’ of public history. These developments reveal an intellectually rigorous, politically aware, and socially engaged public history that challenges boundaries in exciting and productive ways. The authors offer links so readers can explore recent controversies, issues, and debates in Canadian public history.

Beyond Neo-Colonialism: Varieties of Corporatism in Africa

1982 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
World System ◽  
The State ◽  
Super Structure ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
The World ◽  
System Changes ◽  
Political Economies

Although the essential character of Africa's dependence on the world system changes very slowly, if at all, particular aspects of it are always in flux. For whilst dependence continues to generate underdevelopment, some growth has occurred in several countries at particular periods with important implications for certain classes. The incorporation of the continent into the world system is an ongoing process that reflects shifts in (i) the nature of the world system, and (ii) the nature of Africa's political economies. The sub-structure of the periphery – the capitalist and extractive modes and relations of production – evolves slowly, but the super-structure – the politics and ideology of the state – are considerably more volatile. Given the organic links between the sub- and super-structure, the instability of the latter affects the continuity of the former.

Twenty Years of International Negotiation

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Bertram I. Spector
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
International Negotiation ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Anniversary Issue ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
Research Frameworks ◽  
New Research

In this 20th anniversary issue of International Negotiation, we reflect back on past accomplishments and look forward to new areas of inquiry. The journal has focused on promoting four goals: concentrating research attention on challenging topics through thematic issues, supporting researcher-practitioner dialogue, stimulating interdisciplinary discussion, and providing a platform for new research frameworks and approaches. The articles in this anniversary issue consider the state of the field over the past two decades, highlight critical areas that demand further attention, and offer research agendas to fill those gaps.

The Oxford Handbook of International Security

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Definitive Statement ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
Research Agendas

Future-oriented questions are woven through the study and practice of international security. The 48 essays collected in this Handbook use such questions to provide a tour of the most innovative and exciting new areas of research as well as major developments in established lines of inquiry. The results of their efforts are: the definitive statement of the state of international security and the academic field of security studies, a comprehensive portrait of expert assessments of expected developments in international security at the onset of the twenty-first century’s second decade, and a crucial staging ground for future research agendas.

Pulling from Outside, Pushing from Inside

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-292
Author(s):  
Anne Mitchell Whisnant ◽  
Marla R. Miller
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Public History ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The State ◽  
National Council ◽  
American Historical Association ◽  
Park Service

In 2011, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) released Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service, a multi-year team-authored study commissioned by the NPS Chief Historian. The study offered twelve findings assessing strengths and challenges facing history practice across the agency, and made almost one hundred recommendations that aimed to support that work. The report’s fifth anniversary offers an opportunity to review how Imperiled Promise’s proposals have fared. We find that, although the report has been positively received and many of its perspectives and specific suggestions embraced, the persistent structural issues it identified continue to hinder full realization of the parks’ promise. The OAH, National Council on Public History (NCPH), American Historical Association (AHA), and other professional associations, as well as their members, must continue to advocate strongly and consistently for NPS history.

The State of Social Media in Saudi Arabia’s Higher Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hend S. Al-Khalifa ◽  
Regina A. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Social media platforms are designed not only for entertainment but also for exchange of information, collaboration, teaching and learning. With this, Higher Education institutions in Saudi Arabia have started utilizing these platforms for the main reason that many students are embracing this new trend in technology. In this article, a discussion of this media in education in terms of its roles, used in different settings, and its policies and management in accordance with Saudi culture will be covered. Furthermore, the state of this media in Higher Education institutions among the country’s universities and colleges will be highlighted.

scholarly journals Beyond “a contradiction in terms”. Transport museums, research agendas, and public history

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
Oliver Betts
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Public History ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
Critical Perspectives ◽  
Academic Relevance

Both Transport History and Transport Museums stand at a critical point, this piece argues, with both their academic relevance and public interest and support in the balance. Drawing on recent debate in this journal about the future of Transport History given the recent turn towards mobility, this piece argues that museums and scholars would benefit greatly from the joined up thinking that would allow for new critical perspectives to develop. The challenges of audiences and interpretations, so key to the daily work of museums, fit perfectly with the new perspectives on transport in the past academics themselves are wrestling with, and present exciting opportunities for reflective collaboration.

In the Service of the State

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ashton ◽  
Kresno Brahmantyo ◽  
Jaya Keaney
Keyword(s):  
Public History ◽  
The State ◽  
New Order ◽  
Public Monuments ◽  
Emotional Bonds ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Monuments And Memorials

Public history in Indonesia today faces considerable challenges. Despite the downfall of the New Order regime, its nationalist history program and agenda remain powerful in the culture. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the construction and use of authorized monuments and memorials. Monuments and memorials are evocative and affective; they promote and perpetuate emotional bonds. Drawing on familiar materials and symbols, they are aimed at particular audiences in specific contexts, and they are intended to be efficacious. As objects with the potential to affect communities or whole societies, they are also contestable. This chapter draws on what are arguably two of the most prominent public monuments and memorials in Indonesia—the Sacred Pancasila Monument (Monumen Pancasila Sakti), which speaks primarily to an internal or domestic audience, and the memorial to the victims of the Bali bombing in Kuta, which is primarily aimed at an international audience.

The Origin of Modern Public History in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 252-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Li
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
General Population ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Public History ◽  
The State ◽  
Critical Survey

Abstract This article tracks the origin of modern public history in China. Through a critical survey of the landscape, the article focuses on why public history has such a widespread appeal among ordinary Chinese, and how it is used for social cohesion and identity building to mobilize a general population. The author argues that public history has flourished in the last two decades alongside a deteriorating notion of national identity unified by the state; the genesis of this can be traced back to the turn of the twentieth century. Three propositions are suggested for further developing public history in China, namely writing differently, a broader and more liberal understanding of history, and an emphasis on rigour.

The State of Public History in the Washington Area

1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Trask
Keyword(s):  
Public History ◽  
The State

Private Sector Involvement in Public History Production in South Africa: The Sunday Times Heritage Project

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Marschall
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Public History ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Initiative ◽  
Identity Discourses ◽  
Private Sector Involvement

Abstract:This article investigates issues of identity construction and public memorialization in postapartheid South Africa. It focuses on the Sunday Times Heritage Project, a unique private-sector initiative that involved the installation of thirty memorials throughout the country between 2006 and 2008. The article discusses the conceptualization and implementation of the project, pointing out important differences between this private initiative and the state-directed heritage effort. By interrogating the nexus between race, space, and memory in the construction of memorials, the article highlights the significance of placement and location in the formation of new identity discourses.

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