Public history and decolonisation are vitally linked.

公共历史和非殖民化密切相关。

• 批准号: 2855455
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Manchester Metropolitan University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2855455
• 关键词: Public; history; decolonisation; vitally; linked.

Public history and decolonisation are vitally linked. It is critical for our understanding of history that we exorcise the colonial preconceptions that have permeated traditional narratives for centuries, and conducting this process in public is equally important as this is the way to change broader attitudes. My proposed project ties these two things together, taking the expansive poster collection of the People's History Museum as a starting point to study anti-racist activism, and producing online exhibitions to share my findings with the public. Central to the movement's imagery is the raised fist symbol, which appears remarkably often on these posters but has not received the academic attention that it merits. Both my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in history at the University of Sheffield have given me invaluable tools to carry out this exciting project. For example, I have experience working with public history through my modules and a work placement, and this has included decolonial approaches focusing on personal stories, so I am well-equipped to take on that aspect of the project. I also have strong research skills, with many of my university essays delving into lesser-known aspects of history such as Iranian poet-princesses and the diary of a German academic in 1919. My proposal will initially focus on the impact of my proposed project, before moving on to the public history elements and the issues I may encounter with this, then I will discuss the visual history that will form the core of my research approach

公共历史和非殖民化是紧密相连的。我们对历史的理解至关重要，我们驱除了几个世纪以来渗透在传统叙事中的殖民偏见，公开进行这一过程同样重要，因为这是改变更广泛态度的方式。我提议的项目将这两件事联系在一起，以人民历史博物馆广泛的海报收藏为起点，研究反种族主义活动，并制作在线展览，与公众分享我的发现。该运动的中心意象是举起的拳头符号，它经常出现在这些海报上，但没有得到应有的学术关注。我在谢菲尔德大学的本科和研究生历史课程给了我宝贵的工具来开展这个令人兴奋的项目。例如，我有通过我的模块和工作实习与公共历史工作的经验，这包括专注于个人故事的非殖民地方法，所以我有能力承担项目的这一方面。我也有很强的研究能力，我的许多大学论文深入到历史上鲜为人知的方面，如伊朗诗人公主和1919年德国学者的日记。我的建议将首先集中在我所提出的项目的影响，然后转移到公共历史元素和我可能遇到的问题，然后我将讨论视觉历史，这将成为我的研究方法的核心