Collecting Ego-Documents and Democratisation

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Abstract

Women’s History and Gender History pursue an essentially socio-political demand. This aspect shall be illustrated in this article by using the example of collections, which archive ego-documents such as diaries, letter exchanges, or photo albums. The author explains the connection to “public history” and suggests that those who donate ego-documents to archives should be called “citizen scientists”.
Translated title of the contributionSelbstzeugnisse sammeln und Demokratisierung
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages5
JournalPublic History Weekly
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2020

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 601022 Contemporary history

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