The Rise of Public History: An International Perspective

This article explores the birth and development of public history and presents the different criteria of its internationalization from the 1970s to the more recent creation of the International Federation of Public History. Based mostly on North America and Europe, the international perspective sets...

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Published inHistoria crítica (Bogotá, Colombia) Vol. 68; no. 68; pp. 3 - 26
Main Author Cauvin, Thomas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bogotá Universidad de los Andes 01.04.2018
Universidad de Los Andes, UNIANDES Journals (Revistas UNIANDES)
Departamento de Historia, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de los Andes
Subjects
Communication
Globalization
historian. Author keyword: public history
Historians
HISTORY
Institutionalization
Kean, Hilda
Oral history
Portelli, Alessandro
Rousso, Henry
Thesaurus: international
university
New York
United States > US
North America
Europe
historiador
história pública
university
universidade
historian
universidad
investigación aplicada
international
pesquisa aplicada
public history
historia pública
internacional
História Pública
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Summary:This article explores the birth and development of public history and presents the different criteria of its internationalization from the 1970s to the more recent creation of the International Federation of Public History. Based mostly on North America and Europe, the international perspective sets the development of public history in the United States into a broader context of debates about the changing role of historians. While public history was mostly perceived in the 1980s as the application — through consulting— of history to present-day issues, the more recent internationalization is made of a variety of local and national approaches to the field.
ISSN:0121-1617
1900-6152
DOI:10.7440/histcrit68.2018.01