By Andrew Jackson Issue 17, Summer, 2007 pp.32-34. Andrew Jackson looks at some of the work of the Victoria County History (VCH), and their project in Ifracombe in north Devon. The group launched the ‘Devon’s History and Heritage’ project 100 years after the Devon volume of the VCH was first published. The new project explored different ways to approach Devon’s history by utilising image analysis and oral history. 17… Continue reading In search of an ‘England’s past for everyone’ in Ilfracombe, Devon: a digital history and heritage project
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Steve Poole’s Roadshow- But is it Real History?
Steve Poole recounts his experience working with a Bristol-based company, Available Light, put a six-week series together for HTV under a working title of The History Trail. Rather than preparing a script and offering its viewers an ‘expert’ whose authoritative voice sets the agenda, the team went in and asked people who lived there what they wanted them to investigate.
HISTORIANS OF MERE – Part II
The Trouble With Local History
Brian Edwards explores the tensions between individual interest and spatial identity, the reluctance of some local historians to engage in historical debate, and their tendency towards antiquarianism. This article argues that antiquarianism endangers the knowledge of history by masking it. In its place, Edwards advocates for an organic history which reflects popular historical consciousness; a history which embraces everything from photographs of dart teams to invented local traditions.