Jordonova talks about the practice of history, rather than a theoretical approach. "What historians actually do, and how and why they do it"
- The most important work of a historian is writing.
- Practice of history - finding sources -- archives, oral history, engaging with the material, writing.
- However reliable, even in the hands of the most impartial historian, documents can never tell us what happened in the past objectively
- What do historians mean by "truth"? -- Mistaken claims to knowledge
- History is neither an art nor a science
- Primary and Secondary sources - subject both to unsparing irterrogation
- Public history: History has written and produced by salaried historians against what the public seems to think happened (collective memory) -- popular history
- Public history - deeply political
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