A multinational analysis of Columbus in popular history magazines

Nygren, Thomas; Taylor, Margaret; Kelleway, Elisabeth; Thorp, Robert; Olsson, Annie; Hohner, Johanna

Título

A multinational analysis of Columbus in popular history magazines

Otros títulos

Eine multinationale Analyse von Kolumbus in populären Geschichtsmagazinen

Un análisis multinacional de Cristóbal Colón en las revistas de divulgación histórica

Wielonarodowa analiza Kolumba w popularnych magazynach historycznych

Autor(es)

Palabras clave

EHISTO

history

historia

Lifelong Learning Programme

education

educación

Colón

Columbus

Clasificación UNESCO

55 Historia

58 Pedagogía

Fecha de publicación

2014-11-12

Resumen

In popular culture, Christopher Columbus is often depicted as a discoverer and hero and there are celebrations in his honour. Columbus’ legacy is, however, not undisputed, and this fact can be used to illustrate contemporary use and misuse of history. Thus, popular history texts describing the life and deeds of Columbus are examples of different ways of using history. In teaching popular history magazines can be used in various ways. The learning objective here is that the images, texts and questions should contribute to the understanding of how history can be used in contemporary media. Columbus' deeds, with colonialism and imperialism as a result, highlight historical issues which show how very differently history can be interpreted and portrayed – not least in different countries. Studying the articles is an exciting way to learn more about history and to practice media-critical thinking and multiperspectivity.

Descripción

European history crossroads as pathways to intercultural and media education (EHISTO)

EHISTO (European history crossroads as pathways to intercultural and media education) is concerned with the mediation of history in popular (science) media and the question of social and political responsibility of journalists and other mediators of history, especially teachers, in the field of commercial presentation of history. The project responds to the increasing significance of a commercialised mediation of history within the public historical culture and reflects the fact that these representations, which do not always meet the EU standards for history education, can have a lasting impact on the young generation’s understanding of history. Using the example of popular history magazines, the project shall, besides the necessary basic research, develop didactically reflected materials for both history education in school as well as initial and in-service teacher training. On one hand enable a media-critical examination of history magazines and on the other hand, by working with the history magazines, the project addresses itself to popular interpretations of history from the participating countries and reflects their similarities and differences in European cultures of remembrance. Therefore, this approach not only trains media-critical competences but furthermore enables a multi-perspective and comparative access to history.

URI

https://media.sodis.de/ehisto/columbus/multinational_columbus/en/index.html
https://hdl.handle.net/10366/124285

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