Gonçalves, Marcia de A.; Rocha, Helenice Ap. de B.; Resnik, Luís; Monteiro, Ana M. F. da C. (Org.) Qual o valor da história hoje?

Fernando De Araujo Penna

doi:10.1590/s0102-01882013000100023

Abstract

, held in May 2010 in the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Its objective was to problematize the question and to think of multiple and provisional responses. The instigating presentations, enriched by the fruitful discussions which followed, gave rise to the book which transformed the title of the seminar into a question – “What is the value of history today?” – in a way to even further strengthen the restlessness which inspired it. However, to understand this publication, it is necessary to contextualize it in the research group which produced and con-nected it with the previous contributions of the Workshops Group.The Research in History Workshops Group is concerned with research and has made important contributions for reflections in this field of research since its foundation in September 2004. The group has an inter-institutional profile and is composed of twenty researchers who teach undergraduate and postgraduate classes in history and education courses. The Workshops Group is based in the Teacher Training Faculty of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, and the majority of its members are based in university institutes in

Highlights

The restlessness which takes the form of a question – Qual o valor da história hoje? (What is the value of history today) – bothers all those professionals whose task is to write history books or to teach it in schools
Qual o valor da história hoje? is the third publication organized by members of this groups since its creation
The second publication was the book A escrita da história escolar: memória e historiografia.[2]. It resulted from a wider project entitled Political Cultures and Uses of the Past – Memory, Historiography, and the Teaching of History, in which some of the members of the Workshops participated

Summary

Introduction

The restlessness which takes the form of a question – Qual o valor da história hoje? (What is the value of history today) – bothers all those professionals whose task is to write history books or to teach it in schools. The second publication was the book A escrita da história escolar: memória e historiografia.[2] It resulted from a wider project entitled Political Cultures and Uses of the Past – Memory, Historiography, and the Teaching of History, in which some of the members of the Workshops participated.

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