OUR TIME TO SHINE
We have a busy day of activities behind us.
Early morning started with our #didactic film kit-presentation! No pop-corn, but a cinematic experience worth every prize, an excursion back in time to all of our #twintowns and an overview of how these clips can be taken by teachers in different education formats, switched around, coordinated and turned into open-access playlists on youtube that facilitate and enrich their teaching aims. And get people talking and discussing history in #local contexts that would not have come about if not for this successful #twinning.
Then it was onto the #youth! A presentation about how we fit in the project, our social media posts (Which you already know all about and are for sure the absolute highlight of all of your days!), the challenges we faced and how we overcame them to now truly feel as a part of this project, feel heard and appreciated. The answer was - a lot of #improvisation and finding great friends to rely on! But above all, being included in ALL parts of the project.
The afternoon brought about two just as important panels: Communicating the past and teaching history – challenges and innovations & Possibilities and limits of (re-)presenting “European history”!
An overview of projects and approaches to history with a focus on answering questions that don’t have easy answers. How do we approach #contested history? How does history encourage reflection and should it answer questions or rather ask them? How to ensure that we not only know what happened but understand why it did? How do we successfully highlight the complexity of #narrations and interpretations of history? To foster understanding amongst cultures and nations and localities of today.
What did all of our panelists have in common? An agreement that in examining the role of history all generations and co-creators should be included: young and old(er), teachers and students, researchers and decision-makers. Just what #histolab is all about.
Speakers: Wolfgang Hasberg, Uni of Cologne, Susanne Popp (ISHD), Vjeran Pavlakovic (Euroclio), Eve Ryan (HISTOLAB), Constanze Itzel (House of European History), Markus J. Prutsch (EP), Rafal Rogulski (ENRS).
Moderated by Christopher Burns and Luigi Cajani.
That was yesterday, time flies! Today was no less busy, but more about that tomorrow. Mark it in your calendar!
Thank you to everyone who participated and we can’t weet to meet again to discuss history!
