History in Public Space

Joanna Wojdon, Dorota Wiśniewska

$273

Hardback

Forthcoming
Pre-Order now

QTY:

English

Routledge
05 August 2024

History: theory & methods; General & world history; Social & cultural history

Series: Global Perspectives on Public History

This book focuses on various manifestations of history in public spaces: in the physical ones of various historical times and geographical places, as well as in the virtual world.

It discusses how the spaces have been shaped and re-shaped, by whom and for what (not always laudable) purposes, and raises pragmatical and ethical questions for both research and practical activities in the field. By combining both micro and global perspectives, the universal role that history plays in spaces created by and for, as well as the factors determining its usages, is revealed. The authors are rooted in specific national contexts: Canadian or American, Ukrainian or Polish, British or Irish, German or Luxembourgish, Korean or Brazilian, and the case studies are varied including large cities and small towns, city centers, and godforsaken cemeteries, but the narratives built on these cases go beyond when they deal with issues such as decoding history and its meanings in public spaces, doing history in public spaces, and observing changes in manifestations of history in public spaces.

This volume is an essential resource for anyone interested in the relationship between history and public space in a global perspective.

Edited by: Joanna Wojdon, Dorota Wiśniewska
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 730g
ISBN: 9781032432397
ISBN 10: 103243239X
Series: Global Perspectives on Public History
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 05 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Joanna Wojdon is a professor of history at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Her research interests include public history, Polish American history, history education, and the history of communist propaganda. She edited Public History in Poland (2022) and authored Textbooks as Propaganda. Poland under Communist Rule (2018); Communist Propaganda at School: The World of the Reading Primers from the Soviet Bloc, 1949–1989 (2021); and Polish American History after 1939 (2024). Dorota Wiśniewska is an assistant professor at the Institute of History, University of Wrocław, Poland. Her research concentrates on women’s history, history didactics, and public history. She is the initiator of the International Public History Summer School in Wrocław (since 2018) and co-editor (with Joanna Wojdon) of Public in Public History (Routledge, 2021).