https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b en-us 2022-02-15 01:21:42 UTC 2022-11-23 06:53:18 UTC hello@padlet.com cfrey27_2 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2393599394 2022-11-22 05:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2393599394 cfrey27_2 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2393599921 2022-11-22 05:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2393599921 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395147726 The idea is that those in power can abuse and alter history for political goals. This especially focuses on how authoritarian regimes may try to reshape and misguide people's perspectives by a rewrite of history and the text relates this to a relevant George Orwell relevant quote "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." One example used in the text was Putin's Russia trying to suppress investigations of WW2-era Soviet history to fit his political narrative.]]> 2022-11-23 06:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395147726 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395147799 > E.H. Carr claimed that anyone who wanted to understand any historical narrative should “study the historian before you study the facts”. 
> Once we understand the vulnerability that perspectives on history have to ‘abuse’, then we already begin to understand the solutions.
> In order to understand a historic narrative better, understanding or learning about the historian is an important thing to do.
> Same sentences ( collection of words ) can have different meanings depending on the tone of the statement. As we were not their to listen to the tone, understanding the author gives us a fair idea of what he meant.]]> 2022-11-23 06:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395147799 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395148869 This section focuses on egos and how they affect historians and their careers. It explains how “an entire career can be built on the trick of contrariness”. Using Niall Ferguson as an example, it questions whether unique perspectives in history are due to clever minds, or due to a "clever mischief maker looking for the spotlight". ]]> 2022-11-23 06:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395148869 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395149380 The section is focused on the topic of conspiracy theory. Throughout history, conspiracy theories can be a debate topic throughout different groups like the moon landing back in 1969 or the Holocaust. Conspiracy theories are different situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.]]> 2022-11-23 06:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395149380 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395149543 Although we think of history as something tangible and omniscient, it is very much the opposite, as history is simply the study of multiple perspectives of the truth. What Douglas Adams tries to demonstrate is that on a micro scale, perspective still means everything. To reiterate, James McPherson contributes to the idea of revisionism, in which he reaffirms the idea that history is not the truth, but rather the collective assimilation of perspectives which we use as segments of a 'film' that has been spliced together; in which the end goal is (generally) the most accurate accounting of the truth as possible. The words of Winston Churchill are a stark reminder of how this idea can be twisted if a single individual holds a differing or conflicting intent in their methodology.

]]> 2022-11-23 06:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395149543 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395149588 This section focuses on the idea of a "reality-suffocating myth" which historian Simon Heffer wrote about in one of his articles. This essentially means that one part of history is taught to a specific group, but not in the detail that others might be taught, or its significance is exaggerated. This leads to it not being as reflected or analyzed and can also lead to awkward conversations between two historians. For example, in the US student learn about the American Revolutionary War and are taught that it is one of the most significant events in the break up of the British Empire, but in the rest of the world, it is barely taught and is seen as an add-on to the French Revolution.]]> 2022-11-23 06:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395149588 tbora1 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395150041 Information can be interpreted based on perspective. Looking at the same event in different point of views can paint different pictures. Different perspectives or mindsets can shape what a particular even looks like to a person. Both personal and non-personal factors can influence these perspectives.]]> 2022-11-23 06:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395150041 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395150574 the role of the historian is much like a role of the jury. we try to use our perspective to make sense of the past, this is something that had been explored in depth within the court case between the historian Deborah Lipstadt and the Holocaust denier David Irving. within the court case,  the judge Justice Gray attempted to create a working definition of an "impartial Historian, 6 criteria were publishes as shown.

1. Treat sources with appropriate reservations
2. Never dismiss counter evidence without scholarly consideration
3. Avoid “cherry-picking” evidence
4. Clearly indicate any speculation
5. Not mistranslate documents or mislead by omitting parts of documents
6. Weigh the authenticity of all accounts
   
   

]]> 2022-11-23 06:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395150574 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395150827 The primary idea of this article is that history is past politics and politics present history. Over the years, history has been used as a tool for politicians such as Russian government glorifying certain aspect of their history and Japanese government purposely modifying their past historical events in order to avoid their responsibility.]]> 2022-11-23 06:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395150827 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395151313 E. H. Carr argues that understanding the authors who describe the narratives of the past is the most important action for the students of history. 

Deborah Lipstadt argues that we should add the category of 'lies' along with facts and perspectives when dealing with conspiracy theories 

W.E.B. Du Bois argues “we are using a version of historic fact in order to influence and educate the new generation along the way we wish”, so there must be some standards of ethics in research and interpretation

]]> 2022-11-23 06:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395151313 https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395154131 There are 4 key thinkers on the topic of History,  their names are; AJP Taylor, Niall Ferguson, George Orwell, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. All of them have different views and points. AJP Taylor "Once I discovered that I could earn money more easily by becoming a journalist I slipped out of teaching history and I can almost say became a historian in my spare time". AJP Taylor was the first television celebrity historian, he made a career switch from History teacher to journalist and created multiple popular lectures where he challenged Orthodox beliefs and perspectives. Nial Ferguson,"An entire career can be built on the trick of contrariness". Nial Ferguson, was like AJP Taylor had the ability to combine the roles of academic historian and public personality. George Orwell "Who controls the past controls the future". George Orwell’s famous quote in his novel 1984 makes clear the motive for authoritarian. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "Nkali", TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A potent remark on the significance of power in historical narratives can be found in the power of a single anecdote. She explains that how, what, and who recounts stories depends on power using an Igbo phrase, "Nkali," which roughly translates as "to be greater than another."
Power, according to her, is the capacity to make another person's story into the only true account of that person.]]> 2022-11-23 06:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cfrey27_2/hgaw3tt4lff0tc5b/wish/2395154131