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historiography

vr.tr.historiography · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain historiography as method and as the history of historical writing, describe schools and debates with attribution, help assess sources and interpretations, and support historical study.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain historiography as method and as the history of historical writing, describe schools and debates with attribution, help assess sources and interpretations, and support historical study.

The study of how history is written, including the methods, sources, interpretations and assumptions of historians, the history of historical writing from ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine historians to modern schools, and the body of historical writing on a subject such as the historiography of science, of religion or of a nation; historiography examines how narratives change, how ideology such as national or political frameworks shapes accounts, and how sources are criticised.

What it is for: The study of historical writing and method.

It can be explain method and history of writing; describe schools and debates; help assess sources; support study.

Distinguishing features

Meta-level study

Source criticism

Schools and traditions

Subject historiographies

What it looks like

Not physical; a scholarly discipline.

How it is recognised

Study of how history is written

Schools and interpretations

History is the past and its study; philosophy of history asks about meaning

Related models

is a kind of - category

epistemology of history

is related to - critical method

criticism

is related to - a subject of historical debate

acculturation

is related to - a field with extensive historiography

The Holocaust

In practice

Families and kinds

ancient and medieval historiography

national historiographies

schools such as Annales, Marxist and postcolonial

historiography of subjects such as science and religion

historical criticism and source method

Standards and regulation

Scholarly citation and source standards

Peer review

Archival access rules

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting one school as the truth

Politicised historiography presented as neutral

Confusing historiography with history

Also called

historical criticismHistoriography of sciencehistoriography of religionRoman historiographyByzantine historiographyKemalist historiographyregional historiographyatthidographyCroatian historiographyIslamic historiographyChinese historiographyhistoriography of Celtstheater historiographyHistoriography theoryNew Qing Historynational historiographypositive historyHistoriography in the Middle Agesnarrative writing of historyWhig historyStudy of Slavic mythology and religionMinimalist and maximalist historiographymedieval historiographyhistoriography of the Nanking MassacreEthiopian historiographyMarxist historiographyArmenian Historiographycorporate historycritical historiographyhistoriography of the Cold Warclassical historiographyHistoriography of IndiaNuremberg Trials bibliographyOstforschungperiodisation of Roman civilisation

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

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

Understand What historiography is.

Scholarship.

Concept

Concept and method.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is historiography, and how do historians select sources, criticise them and build interpretations? definition
  2. Is the method, the history of writing, or the literature on a subject meant? boundary

Schools

Schools and traditions.

Schools

Schools.

  1. How do schools such as Rankean, Annales, Marxist, social, cultural and postcolonial history differ, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific school? action
Assess Assessing history.

Practice.

Sources

Source criticism.

Sources

Sources.

  1. How can this source or account be assessed for reliability, bias and context? action
  2. Which entry fits source criticism? action

Debates

Historiographical debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What are the main interpretations and debates in the historiography of this subject, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Politics History and ideology.

Attribution.

National

National and political historiographies.

National

National.

  1. How do national, religious and political frameworks shape historical writing, and how do historians critique this? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific tradition? action

Memory

History and memory.

Memory

Memory.

  1. How do historiography, public memory and commemoration interact? provenance
  2. Which entry fits collective memory? action
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History of historiography.

History

History.

  1. How did historical writing develop from Herodotus and Thucydides through Roman, Byzantine and medieval writers to modern professional history? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can historiography be taught to students? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each school be a separate entry?
  • How should subject historiographies be linked?
  • How should politicised traditions be attributed?
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