10 Jul 2020
The Contested Histories project made news in Chile
During the last week, the Contested Histories project had intensive activity in Chile, the South American country where even before the Black Lives Matters movement, over a dozen statues and monuments were vandalized or removed in a matter of days. One of our team members participated in an online talk and was interviewed by CNN Chile, reflecting on how monuments and statues have become the center of our attention, both locally and globally. By Contested Histories Team In the midst of a turbulent Spring of 2019, when Chileans came out to the streets protesting against inequality and poor living conditions, statues became the epicenter of the riots. From Spanish conquerors to Chilean military commanders, several examples throughout the country…
9 Jul 2020
Parallel Histories: An interview with Michael Davies and Theo Cohen on how to handle teaching controversial history in the classroom
Across Europe, history teachers are grappling with the subject of how to handle controversial history in the classroom, and of course, it is the theme of this year’s conference in November 2020. At EuroClio we like to keep an eye on educational innovations, and we are delighted to e-meet with Michael Davies (UK) and Theo Cohen (France) to talk about Parallel Histories, a UK educational charity which aims to change the way we study the history of conflict. Alice: What’s the purpose of Parallel Histories? Michael: I set up Parallel Histories as an educational charity in 2017 in order to change the way we study history, and in particular, the history of conflict. I was frustrated that controversial historical subjects…
8 Jul 2020
6 Internal Site Search Recommendations to Europeana
How can we facilitate the use of Europeana's digital collections in History education? 6 Internal Site Search Recommendations Each sector approaches our cultural heritage in a different way; an artist needs to find items with high resolution, or with a specific colour -- a history teacher needs to find items that are dated and curated. This means that search engine optimizations has to act differently according to the user's profession or to provide different filtering options specialized for each sector. Ultimately, the aim of the research is to provide insight on how Internal Site Search can be customised for History. Needs assessment EuroClio worked on technical suggestions that will facilitate searching for historical sources in Europeana platform. These recommendations…
