Abstract
Earlier this year I was asked to give a talk about historical research to a research methods class being held for graduate research students in their probationary year. This paper is an outcome of that presentation. The paper attempts to illustrate the polarities evident in contemporary historiography and, where possible, to draw out their implications for architectural history research. Because of its pedagogical context, the contours of the debate are deliberately accentuated and the resolution (within a Heideggerian framework) overtly formulaic. Despite this lack of subtlety (or perhaps because of it?) the approach appeared to work effectively in fostering student engagement with the current debate. ...I understand the postmodern predicament to imply no-thingness. No-thing out there to substantiate. No ‘there, there’ to represent. Therefore postmodern history implies no story, no narrative, no interpretation and no explanation.1
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