categorisation and methodologies - eurocentric
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- Created on: 01-06-24 12:14
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- to what extent do the categories and methodologies associated with modern historical practice reflect a western bias
- (1) Ranke and a focus on evidence and archives - scientific - seminars as labs - specimen under microscope
- Saidiya Hartman
- bury - science
- reliance on facts = reflecting biases and voices from archives - powerful - McNeill pg11
- colonial history - GB state in India controlled archives etc
- (2) however reflects 19th century when professionalisation of hsitory
- a change in historical practice - Saidiya Hartman and critical fabulation
- embracing the fiticious - "to save the girl ... from oblivion" - the dead book, lose your mother
- an attempt to fill in the gaps from the archives demonstrates a change - Isaiah Berlin pg7
- embracing the fiticious - "to save the girl ... from oblivion" - the dead book, lose your mother
- this demonstrates that while previously a rejection of the untrue/ methods seen as critical fabulation means actively working against historical practice reflecting a western bias
- Luise White - embracing rumours and the untrue
- a change in historical practice - Saidiya Hartman and critical fabulation
- (3) scientific approach to history previously perpetuated western bias but now interdisciplinary and scientific methods to broaden reach of historical practice
- Africanisation of history and historical practice - a way of learning about cultures with less documents
- technology and science = examining teeth - disease, diet, lifestyle
- McNeill - aDNA and LiDAR
- particularly used in S America - McNeill describes it as "revolutionizing" - McNeill pg8
- shows an increasing recognition from academic historians that diff methods needed to overcome western bias
- McNeill - aDNA and LiDAR
- technology and science = examining teeth - disease, diet, lifestyle
- Africanisation of history and historical practice - a way of learning about cultures with less documents
- (4) while methods not yet categories
- historical periodisation and categorisation - reflects western bias
- European categories of places and periods = eurocentric
- primitive, barbaric
- further evidenced bcos seen as justification for colonialism - white settlers and civilising mission
- primitive, barbaric
- European categories of places and periods = eurocentric
- historical periodisation and categorisation - reflects western bias
- (1) Ranke and a focus on evidence and archives - scientific - seminars as labs - specimen under microscope
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