B031124 - PUBLIC HISTORY (MODERN AGE)

Italian

The course will analyze the ferments and purposes from which Public History is born, how it is structured and developed in Italy and what its objectives are. It will focus on the theoretical and practical relationship between Public History and public historians, between Public History and modern history

1) P. Bertella Farnetti, L. Bertucelli, A. Botti (a cura di), Public History. Discussioni e pratiche, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2017
2) S. Noiret, The birth of a new discipline of the past? Public History in Italy, “Ricerche Storiche”, 2019, n. 3.
3) A. Savelli, La Public History dalle origini alla costituzione dell’Associazione italiana di Public History: movimento o disciplina?, in Public History tra didattica e comunicazione, a cura di S. Colazzo, G. Iurlano, D. Ria, 3/2019, pp. 9-22
4) F. Catastini, Una terza storia è necessaria, “Zapruder”, 36 (1), 2015, pp. 134-139.
5) P. Flores, S. Pivato, A proposito di Public History, http://www.novecento.org/uso-pubblico-della-storia/a-proposito-di-public-history-2152/

In line with the topics described in the program, at the end of the course students will have to demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge and understanding skills about the issues addressed, which extend and/or strengthen previous ones and which allow to develop and/or apply original ideas in a context of research; to be able to apply them critically not only within the classroom but in wider and interdisciplinary contexts. Students must be able to integrate the knowledge acquired, manage complexity and demonstrate that they have acquired autonomy of judgment in reconstructing and analyzing the issues faced in the classroom; to know how to communicate, also through the realization and exhibition in the classroom of a Public History project, their conclusions, as well as the knowledge and ratio underlying them, to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors in a clear, critical and unambiguous way; to have developed those learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a more self-directed or autonomous way

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The training course of the course aims to provide students with the knowledge and methodological tools necessary for the study and critical analysis of the texts provided by the exam program and teaching aids by the teacher (power point, slides and sources). The 36 hours foreseen for the teaching activity will be distributed between lectures, viewing of documentaries, exposure in the classroom (moderated by the teacher himself) by the students related to the realization of an educational and informative project on the communication of history.

The program is the same for everyone (attending and non-attending)

The exam will take place orally and will consist of various questions on the topics covered during the course:
- methodological introduction
- basic concepts and terminology of public history
- theoretical and practical knowledge and application of public history analysis tools
- understanding of the dynamics of the relationship between public historian, academia and external reality
- presentation of the workshop developed and produced by the students (coordinated by the teacher) during the course.
Furthermore, the student's argumentative and critical reflection ability in dealing with and elaborating the proposed arguments and his ability to provide examples and apply public history to concrete cases will be assessed. You must demonstrate a sufficient level of preparation in all parts to pass the exam. The final evaluation consists of the set of evaluations obtained in all the proposed questions.

International Public History, a global discipline; from its origins to the present day: methodologies, practices, challenges; the Italian Public History: perspectives and objectives; Public History between history and memory; Public History and the Modern Age; the sources of Public History; public historian between research and creative action.
Realization and presentation by the students of an educational and informative project on the communication of history.