What Is Public History Globally?
Ashton, Prof. Paul (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) / Trapeznik, Prof. Alex (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Across the globe, history has gone public. With the rise of the internet, family historians are now delving into archives continents apart. Activists look into and recreate the past to promote social justice or environmental causes. Dark and difficult pasts are confronted at sites of commemoration. Artists draw on memory and the past to study the human condition and make meaning in the present. As a result of this democratisation of history, p...