Children's Rooms as Private Time Machines: an ethnographic approach to a hi...
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Children's Rooms as Private Time Machines: an ethnographic approach to a hidden part of historical learning
Professor Dr. Christoph Kühberger, Department of History, University of Salzburg
Abstact
Children's rooms can be understood as time machines. They contain many toys in which interpretations of the past are inscribed: plastic knights, princesses, ancient ships, computer or board games set in the past etc. They are therefore hidden places of informal historical learning. Christoph Kühberger tries to present this private world of children from a perspective of history education through an ethnogaphical approach.
The focus is on the "natives" themselves and their playgrounds. Their use of products of historical culture and the related understanding of past and history will be examined. Theoretical moments of research practice are also in the focus, as are authentic objects from the rooms and interviews with the children. In this way, an attempt will be made to reveal a new basis for teaching history. The aim is to understand children's prior understanding in order to be able to build on it in school-based historical learning.
Presenter
Christoph Kühberger, PhD (*1975) is Professor for History and Civic education at the University of Salzburg (Austria). He was Professor for European Cultural History at the University of Hildesheim (Germany) and Professor for History and Civic education at the Pedagogical University of Salzburg Stefan Zweig (Austria). Current research interests: History Education and Civic Education, Ethnographic Research in History Education, Toy Research, New Cultural History, Ethics of Historical Sciences. https://www.christophkuehberger.com/
Relevant pre-reading
https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-39/dragons-historical-culture/
Refreshments will be provided. Registration is essential.
