Sensitive Pasts: Questioning Heritage in Education

Sensitive Pasts: Questioning Heritage in Education
ISBN-10
1785333054
ISBN-13
9781785333057
Category
History
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2016-12-01
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Authors
Maria Grever, Carla van Boxtel, Stephan Klein

Description

Heritage, as an area of research and learning, often deals with difficult historical questions, due to the strong emotions and political commitments that are often at stake. In this, it poses particular challenges for teachers, museum educators and the publics they serve. Guided by a shared focus on these “sensitive pasts,” the contributors to this volume draw on new theoretical and empirical research to provide valuable insights into heritage pedagogy. Together they demonstrate the potential of heritage as a historical-educational domain that transcends myopic patriotism, parochialism and simplistic relativism, helping to enhance critical and sophisticated historical thinking.

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