20710662 - PUBLIC HISTORY

The course aims to provide the elements of method for the analysis of the construction of individual and collective memory and for all public (and political) uses of the past.

In particular, we will discuss those historiographical currents which, especially in Italy, constitute the theoretical basis of the discipline: oral history and cultural history.

Finally, some examples of "good practices" of Public History will also be provided.
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Mutuazione: 20710662 PUBLIC HISTORY in Storia e società LM-84 CARUSI PAOLO

Programme

The course aims to provide the methodical elements for the analysis of the processes of construction of individual and collective memory and for all public (and political) uses of the past.
In particular, we will discuss those historiographical currents which, especially in Italy, constitute the theoretical basis of the discipline: oral history and cultural history.
Finally, some examples of "good practices" of Public History will also be provided.


Core Documentation

Per gli studenti frequentanti:
- Public history. Discussioni e pratiche, a cura di P. Bertella Farnetti - L. Bertucelli -A. Botti
ed. Mimesis 2017
- P. Carusi, Viva l'Italia. Narrazioni e rappresentazioni della storia repubblicana nei versi dei cantautori "impegnati", Le Monnier 2018.
Gli studenti non frequentanti devono aggiungere lo studio di:
- La storia liberata. Nuovi sentieri di ricerca, a cura di C. Novelli, Mimesis, 2020
- Note tricolori. La storia dell'Italia contemporanea nella popular music, a cura di P. Carusi e M. Merluzzi, Pacini, 2021


Attendance

frequency recommended for at least 80% of lessons