REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY USED AS A RECONCILIATION TOOL STEP TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA
REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY USED AS A RECONCILIATION TOOL STEP TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA

Summary/Abstract: Reconciliation between former enemies involve among other thinks the representation of history in a multi-perspective reconciliatory and integrator manner. Any historic fact is a complexity and the manner a historian represent it in a public work (school book, commemoration, documentary film etc) and then presents it to the public may create bridges of communication, or grow enemies. It is a matter of skills, and specific lobbying with cultural, politic and economic implications.While in Western Europe reconciliation trough history textbooks is a reality in the Midle, Central and the Far East this process is still in an incipient stage.

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