Meniace sa historické naratívy: „Všetko jasné!“

Helena Tužinská

Language: slo

Article type: diskusia / discussion

Document type: diskusia / discussion

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The paper addresses questions concerning change as a fundamental variable in histori-cal narratives and resistance to it. Group identification plays an important role in the for-mation of narratives, which is situational, multiple, changeable, and also composed of We and Us, for contrast with others. The author discusses how the perspective of the Other can be extracted from history and geography textbooks of neighbouring countries and historical minorities. The reproduction of cognitive bias, especially (ethnic and racial) ste-reotypes, may represent a problem. What is crucial in this investigation is that not in every society or geopolitical space, and not in every historical time, have people defined and are defining themselves through race or ethnicity. In the past, status was more significant; today it may be an acquired identity through activities in transnational corporations or in religious and other ideologically oriented groups. The author concludes by turning her attention back to the way data is collected and interpreted, especially the "truth" in the eye of the beholder.

Published: 20. 12. 2021