My History is Untold
Public History
Overview-Robert Kelly
Robert-“PublicHistorrefers to the employment of historians and the historical method outside of academia: in the historical societies government, private corporations, media, and museums, even in private practice”
The Relevance
Backstory of public history
Public history plays are playing a big role in our society. Like Robert was saying people who practice public history uncover so much more than what a textbook could bring. Doing the hard labor and going forth with a handful of questions ready to learn that’s more of what we need. Were so used to sheltered information. Public history allows us to broaden our knowledge outside what is provided to us. For example, events in time that have been overlooked by these historians who practice public history will uncover the secrets/information people were missing. I feel as if public history is the missing piece in some history we learn because the information isn’t broad, it is just enough to get your feet wet.
According to Robert Kelly, public history isn’t just “formal schooling” history, it has more to do with the research put in and lies with the history behind the research. Public History and Academic History have always been around, but we tend to focus more on the academic side of history. Robert Kelly says that with academic history there’s only one way to learn and seek your information. Public History is the complete opposite. The historians acquire questions from others and provide them to anyone who wants the information. Robert Kelly says “He or she serves as a consultant, a professional, a member of the staff. “He’s saying that these historians are for the people and are committed to finding their research. Public history wasn’t fully recognized according to Robert Kelly, academic historians get the light, but public historians aren’t widely recognized for their practices. Later in 1975 Robert and his colleagues decided to train small groups and teach them the ways of Public and not academic history. And over time gradually they could expand and branch out to more of the public. Throughout time with these small groups, a lot of planning and work has been put in. They were beginning to start forming private companies to do environmental impact studies. The program is to get students and faculty to do community-centered research “Public History is an experiment with many risks. “There is a big growth in public history before it wasn’t valued, wasn’t understood. Now people can gather and learn about public history, and they can freely partake in the practices themselves.
Refrences
Kelly,Robert. “Public History:Its origins,Nature and prospects.”16-28.