CMN 3103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Bloomsburg University Of Pennsylvania, Subaltern Studies, Institute Of Historical Research
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We are interested in understanding other perspectives which may not reflect the dominant view. Very interesting approach to problem understanding at a deeper level of perspectives. Understand historical nature of phenomena, events, people, agencies and institutions. It is not just discrete events, it could be a series of events. Oral or written testimony of people not immediately present. Your are not directly addressing the primary source of the o! Presentation or collection of primary or secondary sources research. External criticism authenticity way? document was written? intelligibility of the source? o! Who wrote the source (primary or secondary)? o! What is the authenticity, authority, bias/interest, and o! What was the view of the event/phenomenon when the o! What or who was the intended audience? o! What sources did they depend on and they ignored? o! Do other sources from the period refer to the source in any o! In what historical context was the document itself written? o!