Usable History / Histoire Utilisable
Can historians make history more usable?
This blog offers reflections and strategies for writing and teaching ‘usable histories’.
Managed by Dr. Audra A. Diptée
“If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.”
Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
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The Global South as Intellectual Playground: A Challenge to the Gatekeepers
Few Western academics truly understand why they are complicit in the failure to decolonize intellectual life.
What is Usable History?
Recently, I’ve noticed more and more history educators discussing strategies for writing and teaching “usable histories”. It certainly is a catchy phrase …
The Battle over the Caribbean Imagination
A few years ago, in 2017 to be exact, I was in Tobago for the annual conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians . To my surprise …
What does “Decolonizing Knowledge” mean?
To colonise something is to undertake a political act. Hence any efforts at decolonisation must also be understood as a political act …
Teaching History Radically: The 4 Pillars
A few years ago, I taught a first-year university level World History course. It was scheduled...
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