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historian

vr.tr.historian · SOC.PER

Let an agent handle historians as an occupation by field, period, methods and works, with sourced attribution and privacy for living people.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle historians as an occupation by field, period, methods and works, with sourced attribution and privacy for living people.

A person who studies, researches and writes about the past using sources and historical methods, including professional, amateur, local and specialist historians such as art historians and classical scholars.

What it is for: Researching and interpreting the past.

It can be cite their works; consult on research; train in historical methods; volunteer in local history.

Distinguishing features

Studies the past with sources

Critical source methods

Many specialisms

Interpretations are debated

What it looks like

A role, not an appearance.

How it is recognised

Publications and affiliations

Fields such as art history or local history

Amateur and professional historians

Related models

is a kind of - occupation

humanities scholar

studies - field

history

uses - methods

primary source and archive

is related to - related role

archaeologist

In practice

Families and kinds

academic historians

local and amateur historians

art historians

classical scholars

public historians and archivists (related)

Identifiers

Wikidata item Q201788 occupation concept

ORCID or VIAF author ids individual historians

Standards and regulation

Professional codes such as the AHA Statement on Standards

Archive access rules

Failure modes and hazards

Misattributed quotes

Presenting one interpretation as settled

Confusing namesakes

Also called

necropolis scholaramateur historianart historianclassical scholarcaucasologistlocal historianorientalistarmenologistByzantinistmedia historianfashion historianpostal historianhistoriographer of FranceBollandistepigrapherdiplomaticianmusic historianceramics historianarchitectural historianmedieval art historianphotography historianvideo game historianhistorian of religionIslamicistJudaic scholarhistorian of the Middle Eastsigillographerhistorian of urban planninghistorian of publishinghistorian of educationhistorian of archaeologymaritime historianpersonal historiangarden historiancrime historianurban historianindustry historianlogographerskarynalogistSanta Fe city historian

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.historian

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Role Which historian.

Field and period.

Field

Specialism.

Field

Field.

  1. Which field and period does the historian study? definition
  2. Academic, public or amateur? definition

Identity

Disambiguation.

Identity

Identity.

  1. Is this the right person, not a namesake? boundary
  2. Which identifier confirms it? provenance
Methods How historians work.

Methods create trust.

Sources

Primary and secondary.

Sources

Sources.

  1. Which sources does the work rely on? provenance
  2. How were they assessed? provenance

Interpretation

Debate.

Interpretation

Interpretation.

  1. How does their interpretation differ from others? provenance
  2. Is the debate presented fairly? boundary
Works Publications.

Works need citation.

Bibliography

Books and articles.

Bibliography

Bibliography.

  1. What have they published? provenance
  2. Where can the works be found? provenance

Reception

Reviews.

Reception

Reception.

  1. How were the works received by peers? provenance
  2. Were any criticised or corrected? provenance
Practice Doing history.

Anyone can do history.

Local history

Community.

Local

Local history.

  1. How can someone start researching local history? action
  2. Which archives help? action

Privacy

Living people.

Privacy

Privacy.

  1. Is private information about living historians avoided? boundary
  2. Is contact through institutions? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should historical specialisms be separate entries?
  • How should author ids be linked?
  • How should debates be represented?
Draft as JSON