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Research draft

history

vr.tr.history · INF.KNW

Let an agent handle historical claims with their sources, dates, evidence and interpretations, and separate established facts from contested interpretations.

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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 historical claims with their sources, dates, evidence and interpretations, and separate established facts from contested interpretations.

The study of the past, especially human affairs, based on the critical examination of sources, and the past itself as recorded and interpreted.

What it is for: Understanding how the present came to be, preserving memory and informing decisions.

It can be research and write it, from sources; teach it; commemorate it, in memorials and heritage; debate its interpretation.

Distinguishing features

Based on critical use of sources

Distinguishes facts, interpretations and myths

Written from perspectives that must be acknowledged

Heritage and memory are related but distinct

What it looks like

Archives, documents, artefacts, memorials and history books.

How it is recognised

Citations of primary and secondary sources

Dates and periods

Memorials and heritage sites as public history

Related models

studies - subject

past events

uses - sources

document and archive

is confused with - what is valued and preserved

heritage

uses - chronology

calendar date and year

In practice

Families and kinds

political, social, economic, cultural history

local and community history, including histories of peoples such as the Patamona

environmental and landscape history

public history and heritage

Standards and regulation

Archive and records law

Heritage protection law

Laws on historical memory in some countries

Failure modes and hazards

Anachronism and presentism

Myths repeated as fact

Denial or distortion of atrocities

Ignoring marginalised perspectives

Also called

AIDS memoriallandscape historyhistory of sports clubs and teamsEnkakuhistory of Black peoplehistory of the Patamona peopleheritage of Saudi Arabiaprice historymusic historyhistory of superpowerhistory of the British EmpireRussian Wikinews historyhistory of the ancient Near Eastnewest historyHistory of KoperClassical Greek and Roman historySlavic historyintroduction historyHistory of East AfricaHistory of amusement parks in Japanpersonal historydesign historyhistory of dwarfismhistory of the Mongolshistory of Kuwait (1961-present)history of Cyprus (1960-present)Pre-Islamic historyhistory of cartographyhistory of slaveryMountain Jews historyhistory of municipalitieshistory of timekeeping devicesdeciphermentevenemential historydecline of civilizationsreception historyhistory of skating competitonshistory of skatinghistory and criticism of skazhistory of skepticism

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.history-2

Drafted structure

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

Sources What we know from.

History rests on sources.

Primary sources

Contemporary evidence.

Primary sources

The sources used.

  1. Which primary sources support this claim? provenance
  2. How reliable are they? measurement

Secondary sources

Scholarship.

Scholarship

Scholarly accounts.

  1. Which scholarly works discuss it? provenance
  2. Where do historians disagree? boundary
Chronology When things happened.

Dates anchor history.

Dates

Events and periods.

Dates

Dates and calendars.

  1. When did this happen, in which calendar? measurement
  2. How certain is the dating? measurement

Periods

Periodisation.

Periodisation

Period labels.

  1. Which period does it belong to? definition
  2. Is the period label contested? boundary
Interpretation What it means.

Interpretations vary and must be attributed.

Views

Schools of interpretation.

Views

Interpretations.

  1. What interpretations exist, and who holds them? provenance
  2. Which are consensus and which contested? boundary

Perspective

Whose history.

Perspective

Perspectives represented.

  1. Whose perspectives are represented, and whose are missing? boundary
  2. How can missing voices be found? action
Memory Commemoration and heritage.

Public history shapes identity.

Commemoration

Memorials and days.

Commemoration

How it is commemorated.

  1. How is this event commemorated? definition
  2. Who decided that? provenance

Misuse

Denial and distortion.

Misuse

Distortions to correct.

  1. Is this claim a distortion or denial of established history? boundary
  2. How should the agent respond with sources? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should histories of places and peoples be separate entries?
  • How should contested interpretations be represented?
  • How should agents cite historical sources?
Draft as JSON