KP341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scientific Method, Feminist Theory, Historical Method
12 Jan 2018
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A scientific act: objectively approach a subjective activity: subjective explanation of the objective past. Gain wisdom: knowledge, intelligence, experience, judgement. Judgement is what is or is not important, what to include or not include. Bias: understand the idea of objectivity vs. subjectivity in historical analysis, what is objective and subjective in, missing line. Context: provide an understanding of the past through the framing of events in their own time, dependent on vigorous primary source research, historians contextualize the past. Interpretation: ability to combine multifarious streams of info into a coherent argument, historical work relies on effective argumentation of an interpretation of an event. Writing / communication: clear communication necessary in a discipline based on argumentation, context, bias, and interpretation. History does not exist until it is written: stories we tell ourselves about our past, predicated upon reliability, sources, analysis, narrative. Chronology of canadian sport history: general timeline. What is historiography: why study the history of history, theory: yes or no.
