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Write a short note.
Public History
Solution
- 'Applied History' is also known as 'Public History'. It is a field of study concerned with the application of history for the benefit of people in contemporary and future times.
- People have many misgivings regarding the usefulness of historical information.
- For example, history is usually thought as a field of interest only for historians and students wishing to pursue higher studies in the subject and not pertaining to practical life, history as a field of knowledge does not have any applicability to economically productive fields, etc.
- ‘Public History’ helps to overcome such misgivings and makes history meaningful in everyday life connecting people to history.
- There are many universities abroad, where various courses in 'Public History' are offered. Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology is an institute in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This institute has an independent department named, 'Centre for Public History'. This department has taken up various projects and research in the field of public history.
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Public History People have lot of misgivings about the practicality of the knowledge of history. For example, history is usually thought as a field of interest only for historians and students wishing to pursue higher studies in the subject and not pertaining to practical life, history as a field of knowledge does not have any applicability to economically productive fields, etc. ‘Public History’ helps to overcome such misgivings and makes history meaningful in everyday life connecting people to history. There are many universities abroad, where various courses in 'Public History' are offered. Srushti Institute of Art Design and Technology is an institute at Bengaluru, Karnataka. This institute has an independent department, named, ‘Centre for Public History’. This department has taken up various projects and research in the field of public history. |
- What is Public History?
- Which institute has an independent department named ‘Centre for Public History’
- Which are misgivings about the practicality of the knowledge of history?
How is the method of history useful in the research of
- Science
- Arts
- Management Studies
How can we correlate applied history with our present?
Explain the following statement with reasons.
Projects in applied history provide vocational opportunities.
