So with my 9ths and 10ths I stress that
-history is a selective interpretation/representation of the past
- all sources are biased. To have no preconceived ideas and leanings is to be dead. All we living humans have them
- so, sourcing, context, and corroborate are key.
-history is a selective interpretation/representation of the past
- all sources are biased. To have no preconceived ideas and leanings is to be dead. All we living humans have them
- so, sourcing, context, and corroborate are key.
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Katrina Navickas
University history lecturers spend much of the first year survey courses unravelling students' conviction that a source is useless because "it is bias (sic)".
No, the bias or perspective is precisely what we're interested in.
No, the bias or perspective is precisely what we're interested in.
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