Contemplating Historical Consciousness: Notes from the Field (Making Sense of History Book 36)

The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of new empirical research into representations of the past and the conditions of their production, prompting claims that we have entered a new era in which the past has become more “present” than ever before. __Contemplating Historical Consciousness__ brings together leading historians, ethnographers, and other scholars who give illuminating reflections on the aims, methods, and conceptualization of their own research as well as the successes and failures they have encountered. This rich collective account provides valuable perspectives for current scholars while charting new avenues for future research. Contents Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Historical Consciousness: Theory and Practice Part I HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, CURRICULUM, AND PEDAGOGY Chapter 1. Schools, Students, and Community History in Northern Ireland Chapter 2. “Orientation to the Past”: Some Reflections on Historical Consciousness Research from England Chapter 3. History Education Research into Historical Consciousness in Flanders Chapter 4. Historical Consciousness: A Learning and Teaching Perspective from the Netherlands Chapter 5. Historical Consciousness and Representations of National Territories: What the Trump and Berlin Walls Have in Common Part II HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN AND BEYOND BORDERS Chapter 6. Mothers’ Darlings of the South Pacific Chapter 7. Looking Back at Canadians and Their Pasts Chapter 8. Private Lives, Public History: Navigating Australian Historical Consciousness Chapter 9. “Chinese and their Pasts”: Exploring Historical Consciousness of Ordinary Chinese—Initial Findings from Chongqing Chapter 10. “They Fought for Our Language”: Historical Narratives and National Identification among Young French Canadians Part III HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND CULTURAL IDENTITY Chapter 11. What is Black Historical Consciousness? Chapter 12. “There Are Current Lessons from the Holocaust”: Making Meaning from Jewish Histories of the Holocaust Chapter 13. The “Realness” of Place in the Spiral of Time: Reflections on Indigenous Historical Consciousness from the Coast Salish Territory Chapter 14. Intergenerational Family Memory and Historical Consciousness Chapter 15. Researching Identity and Historical Consciousness Epilogue Why Historical Consciousness? Index Leading scholars from around the world reflect on their practice as historians, ethnographers, social scientists and demographers in order to explore the possibilities and limitations of research into historical consciousness.