Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

was not alon in rflting dply aout
Carr
in th sond half of th 20th
ojtivity
Aftr th First World War and Sond
ntury.
War thr was partiular intrst in
World
and th fors that shap it, and a
history
of dmoratization of th prati
priod
history. Whthr or not historiographrs
of
with Carr, or th dmoratization
agr
th disiplin, thy agr that ths
of
wr promptd y th ris of
ronsidrations
history and opnd up th disiplin to
soial
and othr formrly xludd groups. It
womn
promptd an introsption of widsprad
also
assumptions aout ojtivity
historiographial
th link to a short lip, ntitld “A Brif
Follow
that rounts th huml and rav
Hrstory”,
of th Lsian Hrstory Arhivs and
ginnings
prsn today. What an this tah us aout
its
fforts to divrsify and ontriut to
grassroots
history?
trms: Lsian
Sarh
Arhivs Vimo
Hrstory
Lsian Hrstory Arhivs ar a milston
Th
th ongoing dmoratization of history and
in
th sns of soial onntdnss that
rval
whn a ommunity onstruts its own
ariss
is not just us, in TOK, who dwll on ths
It
whil historians gt on with thir
qustions
Th intlltual movmnt of postmodrnism
work.
hallngd history with dp
(singular, monolithi) to historis
history
Considr th following qustions for
(plural).
that ontinu to shap th disiplin
history
this pross.
through
history gets told? In whose name? For what
Whose
Post-modernism is about histories not
purpose?
retold, untold. History as it never was. Histories
told,
hidden, invisible, considered unimportant,
forgotten,
eradicated. It’s about the refusal to see
changed,
as linear, as leading straight up to today in
history
recognisable pattern—all set for us to make
some
of. It’s about chance. It’s about power. It’s about
sense
how knowldg in history hangs
Compar
tim as ompard to how it hangs in
ovr
1. What happns to disardd knowldg?
2. What is th status of urrnt knowldg?
maks history? W tnd to har this in
Who
ontxt of “(nam of prson) mad history”
th
a lot of tim this happns “today”. Stats
and
mak history y passing lgislation,
an
athlts an do so y raking
xtraordinary
groups of organizd itizns an
rords,
y disoying authority and
makhistory
on.In this ommon-sns viw, history
so
mad y individual or olltiv
apparsto
in th prsnt. Howvr, thr ar som
ation
standards that govrn whn somthing
impliit
from ing on of many vnts in th
gos
ing signifiant nough to join th
past,to
rord.
historial
9II. Perspectives
information.
and nutral truths.
(Marshall 1992)
For discussion
Knowledge in history changing
over time
th natural sins.
II.2 Making history and thresholds
of significance
narrativ of its past.
qustions and ushrd in th opning of
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