Art from different times/places looks different. Medium, capabilities, and culture all change, and part of the point of art is to notice (and enjoy!) those differences rather than trying to erase them.

#art #culture #history #historicalculture

In our last article of our theme issue „#HistoricalCulture and #PopularCulture" Juliane Tomann (Regensburg) deals with #gender aspects of #historicalreenactment. She discusses how practices of #doinghistory such as #reenactment or #livinghistory are intertwined with practices of #doinggender.

#histodons #histodons_de #histodonsDE #PublicHistory

https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-6/gender-reenactment/

Doing Gender in Historical Reenactments - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal

Historical reenactments are an interesting case in point to examine how practices of doing history and doing gender are linked.

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VR #experiences are rapidly developing in many spheres of #historicalculture. Often promoted as a ‘time machine’, #virtualreality reputedly allows users to feel immediacy and an emotional connection to digitally reconstructed spaces and events of the #past.
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https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-6/virtual-reality-xmem-manifesto/

#histodons #histodons_de #histodonsDE #PublicHistory

Virtual Reality Beyond the ‘Time Machine’ – A Manifesto - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal

Given the increased popularity of VR to provide access to the past, the discourse about its potentials and challenges needs to be intensified

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Today Martin Butler (@UniOldenburg) deals with the TV show "Yellowstone" and its prequels. He analyzes the ways in which it renegotiate the myths of the #AmericanWest and the Frontier. 👉 Read his article in our theme issue „#HistoricalCulture and #PopularCulture" on Public History Weekly.

#histodons #histodons_de #histodonsDE #PublicHistory

https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-6/tv-serial-western/

Serial (Hi)Stories: The American West on TV - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal

The show "Yellowstone"'s overall storylines tend to reproduce the hegemonic narrative of settler colonialism.

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Read Annekathrin Kohout’s paper „#Monuments to Popular Culture“ in our theme issue #HistoricalCulture and #PopularCulture. She addresses the relationship between popular culture, known for its transience and fleeting trends, and memorial #culture, which is usually associated with notions of permanence.

#publichistory #memory #histodons #histodons_de #histodonsDE

https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-6/fan-archives/

Monuments to Popular Culture - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal

Can fan archiving offer a unique entry point to understanding and preserving the historical dimensions of our present era?

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#Museums, #themeparks, #livinghistory and many other forms of #publichistory are advertised with the claim that #history can be experienced. Daniel Morat (Berlin) discusses the advantages of a cultural studies concept of #aesthetic #experience for the study of public history.
Read his article in our theme issue "Historical culture and Popular Culture" on Public Histoy Weekly.

#historicalculture #popularculture #histodons #histodons_de #histodonsDE

https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/11-2023-6/aesthetic-experience-public-history/

Aesthetic Experience in Public History - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal

Public History sites often promise that visitors will be able to ‘experience history’, which has repeatedly been criticized.

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Historical Culture and Popular Culture - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal

Historical and popular culture play an important role in our understanding of the past and in the ways in which we remember and use it.

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📺 José Pedro Castanheira, António Cândido Franco, Fátima Mariano e João Miguel Almeida foram alguns dos convidados do programa Sociedade Civil (RTP2) dedicado à escrita de biografias.

De Jorge Sampaio a Salazar, de Mário Cesariny a Dom Manuel II, muitas foras as figuras nacionais abordadas.

#Biographers #HitoryOfPortugal #HistoricalCulture #HistoryInThePublicSphere

https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9731/e658362/sociedade-civil

Sociedade Civil Episódio 189 - de 09 Dez 2022 - RTP Play - RTP

Biografias - O que faz com que uma pessoa seja biografável? Sejam aprovadas ou não. E como se pesquisa para contar a história de alguém que existi

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