Local History, Its Understanding and Methology

Course Introduction

This course views local areas as a multilayered place where multiple levels of history have unfolded, understands the macroscopic structures and contexts through microscopic events that occurred in specific locales, and identifies the characteristics of multilayered local history in which various historical subjects participate. Through this course, students will explore new approaches to and meanings of history while critically re-recognizing traditional, mainstream histories centered on the state, center, and ruling class.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the importance of place in history, on which is based the passage of time, and that local area, the stage of history, is also a social cognitive construct.

2. Understand not only traditional topics such as politics, economics, and the history of popular movement, but also diverse themes covered by local history such as administration, social culture, folklore, community, and network.

3. Delve into the daily lives, life world, experience, and consciousness of local residents, which are often invisible in macro histories centered on states or ethnic groups.

4. Interpret local histories that have unfolded at micro places from a trans-local perspective that crosses individuals, regions, and countries.

Course Structure

This course consists of a total of 8 weeks. The lectures in each week are organized into three to six videos by topic.

Subtitles

Korean, English, Chinese