Estudio reflexivo para abordar la historia local en Chile desde la versión anglosajona
Estudio reflexivo para abordar la historia local en Chile desde la versión anglosajona
Authors
González Marilican, Matías Alejandro
Montanares Vargas, Elizabeth
Martínez Guerra, Francisca Bernarda
Montanares Vargas, Elizabeth
Martínez Guerra, Francisca Bernarda
Authors
Date
2019-07-04
Datos de publicación:
10.15446/historelo.v10n19.65319
Keywords
Historiografía - Enseñanza de la historia - Método histórico
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Abstract
La historia local es una forma de hacer historia practicada en diferentes puntos del globo. Sin embargo, parece no haber consenso en torno a lo que ella implica respecto de su metodología. Este trabajo es una reflexión de la historia local producida en Chile a partir de las experiencias de los Estados Unidos de América e Inglaterra. Los resultados de la investigación muestran que la historia local suele ser entendida como un medio
para cuestionar narrativas generales de la historia, como una herramienta para ensalzar lo particular ante lo universal y como un recurso educativo para enseñar aquello que parece lejano y abstracto al estudiante. El problema está en la evidencia de malentendidos metodológicos y teóricos que pueden atentar con las reales capacidades de trabajo de dicho enfoque historiográfico, especialmente en el caso chileno. Con ello, la experiencia conocida por los países anglosajones, recomienda comprender a la historia local en su capacidad investigativa y educativa desde su potencial interdisciplinario
Local history is a branch of history studies practised in worldwide. However, it seems that there is not common understanding of what local history is with respect to the methodology. Regarding such subdiscipline, this work is a reflection of the local history produced in Chile by taking into account the experiences of The United States of America and England. The results of the research show that local history can be understood in both ways, as questioning general historical narratives and by raising the profile of specific historical cases. Moreover, it can also be used as an educational resource to teach something that could seem distant and abstract to young people. The problem is the presence of methodological and theoretical misunderstandings that can impinge on the real working capacities of the mentioned historiographical approach, especially in the Chilean case. In this context, the experience known from the Anglo-Saxon countries suggests understanding local history in its educational and research capacity from its interdisciplinary potential
Local history is a branch of history studies practised in worldwide. However, it seems that there is not common understanding of what local history is with respect to the methodology. Regarding such subdiscipline, this work is a reflection of the local history produced in Chile by taking into account the experiences of The United States of America and England. The results of the research show that local history can be understood in both ways, as questioning general historical narratives and by raising the profile of specific historical cases. Moreover, it can also be used as an educational resource to teach something that could seem distant and abstract to young people. The problem is the presence of methodological and theoretical misunderstandings that can impinge on the real working capacities of the mentioned historiographical approach, especially in the Chilean case. In this context, the experience known from the Anglo-Saxon countries suggests understanding local history in its educational and research capacity from its interdisciplinary potential