The first reading for History class answered some of the questions that I was asked previously. What is History and how do you do it? I read the article When Was Canada? and this seemed to answer the questions posed last week.
One of the main ideas I took away from this reading is the fact that history is retelling of history is not a fluid process. Different factors come into place such as the ideology of the historian (they are the ones telling us what went on) and the various approach historians take. While reading this article, one thing I questioned was how do historians decide what is important and what isn’t important to be retold. I believe this is where the idea of the historian’s ideology comes in. In line with this thinking is how do historians decide WHOSE story is important. Then again, this comes in line with the historians’s ideology.
The article mentioned the use of “whats” and hows”. This is in line with the question posed in my first post. What is history and how is it told.
Although this article answered a lot of questions for me, I came out with more questions. Questions that might not be answered because “that’s just how some things are”. At the end of it all, some individuals are ghosts voice will never be heard.
