Public in Public History

Name: Public in Public History
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Public in Public HistoryAuthor(s): Joanna Wojdon, Dorota Wi?niewska\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367641047, 978-0367641047\nSynopsis\nPublic in Public History presents international research on the role of the public in public history: the ways people perceive, respond to and influence history-related institutions, events, services and products that deal with the past.\n\nThe book addresses theoretical reflections on the public, or multiple publics, and their role in public history, and empirical analyses of the publics active responses to and impact on existing forms of public history. Special attention is also paid to digital public history, which facilitates the double role of the publicas both recipient and creator of public history. With a multinational author team, the book is based on various national, but also international, experiences and academic traditions; each chapter goes beyond national cases .