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

th multipl-prsptivs approah
Finally,
dissminating historial knowldg will
to
ompliatd y issus of powr
invitaly
idology. Th US/USSR Txtook Study
and
spannd ovr a dad from th 1980s
Projt
ultimatly faild for politial rasons.
and
many points of divrgn in this as
Whil
hav n fixd y giving voi to
ould
othr’s prsptiv, othr issus, suh as
th
and xplanations of th idologial
dsriptions
of politial and onomi systms,
dimnsions
irronilal. On of th rports on th
provd
onludd: “Txtooks will ontinu
projt
writtn from th prsptivs of ah
to
This nd not impd aurat txtook
soity.
(Mhlingr in Eklof 1993).
tratmnt”
is mant y “aurat” hr, and in history
What
an AOK? Dos it man fatually orrt,
as
doing history, what dos th historian hav
In
to? This qustion has for nturis
ass
th mthods and tools of historians who,
shapd
y trial and rror, or laps of insight,
whthr
dvlopd a prati that urrntly aims to
hav
and valuat sours, intrprt th vidn,
find
ronstrut a truthful narrativ of th past.
thn
that this viw of history, in th prding
Not
involvs a omposit of two knowldg
sntn,
first, that th prati of history shaps
laims:
mthod; and sond, that history is aout
its
truths of th past. Nithr should
disovring
for grantd. What altrnativ laims xist?
takn
would you valuat ths laims? This
How
of history ar wll aquaintd with th
Studnts
twn th past (th st of vnts),
diffrns
in trms of rprsntation, fair in trms
aland
dsription of diffrnt idologis?
of
hav disussd projts twn
W
of rlativly similar powr—
stakholdrs
and Grmany, th Unitd Stats and
Fran
USSR. th
(a) What diffrns mrg whn thr
1.
an imalan of powr twn
is
What kinds of hks and alans an
(b)
put into pla to safguard against
knowable past (th sust of vnts for whih
th
hav assil rords), and history, whih
w
shall oniv of as a formalizd narrativ
w
intrprtation of th knowal past.
and
valuation, ojtivity, truth,
Intrprtation,
fat and rord ar fundamntal onpts
ass,
th prati and thory of history as an
within
as wll as within TOK. History is thus,
AOK,
mor than any othr AOK, losst in its
prhaps
to TOK, to th limitd xtnt that suh a
prati
historial rord is typially a writtn history
A
narrativ form, although oral historis,
in
and film ar inrasingly aptd
photographs
part of th rord. Th rord inluds a
as
varity of aounts, from intndd fatual
hug
to lyrial, mtaphorial, mythial
doumnts
artisti rprsntations of th past. Until
and
rntly, writtn languag was th prsrv
vry
a powrful and privilgd minority, among
of
thos who sought to writ history and
oth
III. Methods and tools
II. Perspectives
III. Methods and tools
For ref lection
Power imbalances in historial revision
thpartis?
auss of powr in ths ass?
I I I . M E T H O D S A N D T O O LS
Historians, when practising their craft, must not be
vulnerable to the chauvinism of their discipline, or of
method, identity and ideology.
(Guha 2019)
omparison an mad.
III.1 What remains of the past?
stion will your guid.
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