Metahistory & Historiography
Putting History in its Place, by Eric Stange
Guiding Questions
How does the study of history change over time?
What should the relationship be between history, geography and technology?
How do historians determine which questions to ask when analyzing important and significant events?
Lidar map of El Tintal
Teacher-to-Teacher
This collection allows you to focus on the nature of history as a discipline, how it has changed overtime (particularly with technological innovation) and how it relates to other disciplines. History requires the application of certain skills and understandings that are honed through explicit and repetitive use. This notion of the practice of doing history is not new; in 1377 Ibn Khaldun lamented the sorry state of historians’ skill sets and even suggests that knowing trivial details aren’t as important as understanding large trends.