Difference between revisions of "Methods & Sources of Historical Research"
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| + | == The Nature of Archives and Primary Source Material == | ||
| + | * Notion of difference between primary and secondary sources... but its quite fuzzy | ||
| + | * Primary = unmediated access to past (not processed by another mind) | ||
| + | * Newspapers = a report of what has been told. testimonies are primary but the reporter has chewed thru the material. | ||
| + | * Historians make statements about things which should be believed - by people who dont have access to primary sources | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 11 July 2016
Notes from a course on methods and sources of historical research at IHR, 11 July 2016 - 15 July 2016
The Nature of Archives and Primary Source Material
- Notion of difference between primary and secondary sources... but its quite fuzzy
- Primary = unmediated access to past (not processed by another mind)
- Newspapers = a report of what has been told. testimonies are primary but the reporter has chewed thru the material.
- Historians make statements about things which should be believed - by people who dont have access to primary sources
