makinghistories
A project to promote an interdisciplinary and dialogical conception of the production of knowledge on historical culture and education, in a growing context of globalisation.
The central aim of this project is the creation of an international and interdisciplinary network of institutions to produce new knowledge in order to enhance the role of historical representations in today’s democratic and reflective societies.
A total of 18 institutions from Europe, Australia, Canada, Korea, Israel and Latin America will participate in MAKINGHISTORIES. Special attention will be paid to the presence of gender and the importance of the challenges of globalisation. This project will produce research articles, books, and a digital professional development course, generating a dialogical vision in history teaching.
The project is funded with 540,000 euros and is coordinated by M. Carretero. (UAM, Spain / FLACSO, Argentina).
How can dialogical history teaching be promoted in formal and informal contexts?
How can dialogical activities generate a new type of history teaching?
How can international and interdisciplinary comparisons contribute to this goal?
main themes
Master historical narratives
Every country has its master narratives that serve the function of giving sense to the past, present, and future of a cultural community. Can we make comparisons between the founding national histories of different countries? Are there counternarratives?
Master historical narratives
Every country has its master narratives that serve the function of giving sense to the past, present, and future of a cultural community. Can we make comparisons between the founding national histories of different countries? Are there counternarratives?
Representation of colonisation
What are the ways that colonisation is representer in history teaching, in the media, in the culture of different countries? What happens in countries that used to be colonies or used to be colonisers? How do current migratory movements correspond to this history? What is the impact of these representations in national identity, in the understanding of history, and in the development of students’ identities?
Representation of colonisation
What are the ways that colonisation is representer in history teaching, in the media, in the culture of different countries? What happens in countries that used to be colonies or used to be colonisers? How do current migratory movements correspond to this history? What is the impact of these representations in national identity, in the understanding of history, and in the development of students’ identities?
Left and right-wing dictatorships in the Twentieth Century
Every country’s past experiences influence their possibilities of understanding in a deeper and more nuanced way the historiographical characteristics of other regimes. Can the experiences of countries like Italy and Germany, who suffered fascist and national-socialist dictatorships, be compared to Latin American dictatorships as in the case of Argentina or Chile, or to the communist regimes of Estonia and East Germany?
Left and right-wing dictatorships in the Twentieth Century
Every country’s past experiences influence their possibilities of understanding in a deeper and more nuanced way the historiographical characteristics of other regimes. Can the experiences of countries like Italy and Germany, who suffered fascist and national-socialist dictatorships, be compared to Latin American dictatorships as in the case of Argentina or Chile, or to the communist regimes of Estonia and East Germany?
Recent political conflicts around history
Representations of history don’t only concern the past: they influence the present and the future, especially in societies that are still suffering political divisions related to their troubled pasts. How can we ponder the cases of Israel, Cyprus or South Korea, countries that are still going through political conflicts and internal divisions?
Recent political conflicts around history
Representations of history don’t only concern the past: they influence the present and the future, especially in societies that are still suffering political divisions related to their troubled pasts. How can we ponder the cases of Israel, Cyprus or South Korea, countries that are still going through political conflicts and internal divisions?
working packages
General Project Management
Coordinators: M. Carretero and M. Asensio of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Historical culture and historical thinking
Integrating innovative theories and practices into historical culture and history and heritage education
Coordinators: B. Wagoner of Aalborg University and B. Christophe of Georg- Eckert-Institut.
Historical museums and re-enactments
Ways of making history for citizenship
Coordinator: I. Momoitio of Fundación Museo de la Paz Gernika.
Troubled pasts
The representation of troubled pasts in present-day societies: can history “bite”?
Coordinators: E. Pérez-Manjárrez of Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and C. Psaltis of Cyprus University.
Formal and informal teaching
Interaction among formal and informal history education practices
Coordinators: K. Van Nieuwenhuyse of KU Leuven and L. Loukaidis of the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research
Professional Development Course
Coordinators: M. Rodríguez-Moneo of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and E. Pol of InterpretART.
Dissemination, communication and exploitation
Coordinators: A. Bermúdez of Universidad de Deusto and R. Spielhaus of Georg-Eckert-Institut.