ERIC Number: EJ1343007
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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But What Do They Really Think? Methodological Challenges of Investigating Young People's Perspectives of War Remembrance
History Education Research Journal, v17 n1 p21-35 2020
This article contributes to discussions surrounding the development of 'analytical tools' sensitive to the fluid nature of collective memory and all its 'varieties, contradictions, and dynamism' (Olick, 2008: 159). It explores the methodological challenges of investigating how young people in New Zealand and the United Kingdom negotiate processes and practices of war remembrance and how, as researchers, we can begin to decipher the diverse responses young people have in recalling and making sense of their society's violent past. Examples from earlier research projects in the UK and New Zealand, led by each co-author, are used to problematize the methodological challenges in our respective projects with the aim to encourage discussion around developing youth-centred, inclusive and participatory methodologies that unpack the cultural memories of war and situate young people's voices prominently in the research process.
Descriptors: War, History Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Cultural Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Researchers, History
UCL Press. University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT; e-mail: uclpresspublishing@ucl.ac.uk; Web site: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/pages/history-education-research-journal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand; United Kingdom
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