Our place, our stories: public history journeys from Belfast to Dhiban, and back

Olwen Purdue

doi:10.1111/cura.12601

Our place, our stories: public history journeys from Belfast to Dhiban, and back

Olwen Purdue^*

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School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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Abstract

This paper explores the challenges and potential of engaging with public history where the histories of various “publics” are either contested or overlooked, arguing for the benefits to individuals and communities of engaging collaboratively with the past and finding new ways to tell their stories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	255-267
Number of pages	13
Journal	Curator: The Museum Journal
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cura.12601
Publication status	Published - Jan 2024

Keywords

oral history
divided societies
well‐being
public history
social cohesion
Conservation
Museology

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