Private Lives, Public History: Navigating Australian Historical Consciousness

Clark, A

Private Lives, Public History: Navigating Australian Historical Consciousness

Clark, A

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Publisher:: Berghahn Books
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Contemplating Historical Consciousness Notes from the Field, 2019, pp. 113 - 125 (13)
Issue Date:: 2019

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dc.contributor.author	Clark, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-9673	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-12-31T18:11:44Z
dc.date.issued	2019	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Contemplating Historical Consciousness Notes from the Field, 2019, pp. 113 - 125 (13)	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	178533929X	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781785339295	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129912
dc.description.abstract	Australian history has generated intense political and historiographical interest in recent years, as historians, politicians and public commentators weighed into captivating and divisive contests over the nation’s past. Commemorations, museums and school syllabuses became sites of great public interest and contestation, powerful reminders of the politics of collective memory. While such discussions continue to stimulate argument and analysis in scholarly articles, opinion pieces and public commentary, little is known of their impact on the wider community. What do so-called “ordinary Australians” think about the nation’s past? Are the historical questions it raises also debated in our sports clubs, living rooms and community centre kitchenettes? Does that historical concern reach out beyond opinion pages or academic journals, and across the garden fences that Tom Griffiths wrote about in relation to historical practice?	en_US
dc.publisher	Berghahn Books	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Contemplating Historical Consciousness Notes from the Field	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Private Lives, Public History: Navigating Australian Historical Consciousness	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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Abstract:

Australian history has generated intense political and historiographical interest in recent years, as historians, politicians and public commentators weighed into captivating and divisive contests over the nation’s past. Commemorations, museums and school syllabuses became sites of great public interest and contestation, powerful reminders of the politics of collective memory. While such discussions continue to stimulate argument and analysis in scholarly articles, opinion pieces and public commentary, little is known of their impact on the wider community. What do so-called “ordinary Australians” think about the nation’s past? Are the historical questions it raises also debated in our sports clubs, living rooms and community centre kitchenettes? Does that historical concern reach out beyond opinion pages or academic journals, and across the garden fences that Tom Griffiths wrote about in relation to historical practice?

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