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

II. Perspectives
historial ontxt, ut not for xplaining th
a
of historial vnts. Aording to Elton,
auss
should want to xplain th past and
historians
thy hav a rsponsiility to rogniz th
so
fouss on human auss in history as
Elton
to strutural auss. Considr, though,
opposd
argumnt that som individuals and groups
th
mor likly to rognizd as drivrs of
ar
Decolonizing Methodologies (1999), Linda
In
Smith xplains that history, in Elton’s
Tuhiwai
Allrook, Managing Dirtor of
Malolm
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB),
th
th ADB’s vision to inlud th
xplains
of “signifiant and rprsntativ”
iographis
from a “ross-stion of Australian
sujts
This ollag of iographis was to tll
soity”.
history of Australia and srv as a kind of
th
od of Australian idntity.
sour
Figure 9.4 Woollarawarre Bennelong (c. 1764–1813),
th first two volums, pulishd in 1966 and
In
only ight out of th 1182 iographis
1967,
of Aoriginal popl. In th nxt 15 or
wr
yars, th siz of th ADB quadrupld. But
so
svn of th nw ntris wr Aoriginal
only
Torrs Strait Islandr iographis. As of
and
gan with industrialization. Laving
viw,
th day-to-day livs of ordinary popl,
asid
womn, and popl who didn’t
partiularly
to a rtain lass and ra (in lin with
long
historians of his tim), h onsidrd
th
history was mad y thos who hlpd
that
th modrn stat and rought aout
uild
hang. Th onomists, philosophrs,
soial
and othr sussful ntrprnurs
sintists
th only rational individuals apal of
wr
Aoriginal iographis onsist of aout
2017,
of all ntris in th ADB. What ar th
1.5%
of this for knowldg, this
impliations
andinlusion?
addrss this issu, Allrook xplains: “[a]
To
party mad up of Aoriginal and
working
sholars from ah stat and trritory
Islandr
now prparing an Indignous Australian
is
of Biography with narly 200 nw
Ditionary
(Allrook 2017).
iographis”
nw ntris will addd to th
Ths
ut also pulishd as a standalon
ADB
ADB. Commnting on th pross,
Indignous
says that: “aus this is a largly
Allrook
pross, it is likly that
ommunity-drivn
markrs of ‘signifian’ will mrg,
nw
prhaps not so muh y suss
dtrmind
standing on national, stat or loal stags,
or
y what thy rought to ommunity and
as
lif” (Allrook 2017).
family
omittd lif storis of Aoriginal popl
Th
not th only onrn with th ADB. Som
ar
impliatd in atroitis against
olonists,
popl, ar dsrid in vry
Aoriginal
trms, inluding and spially
positiv
thir supposd humanitarian ations
rgarding
Indignous Popls. Frank Bongiorno,
towards
hads th history dpartmnt at th
who
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impat of human ativity andagny.
history than othrs.
shaping th nw industrializd ra.
Box 9.3: Changing markers of significance and correcting omissions
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