Panel Idea: Forgotten History
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holyoutlawOther possible titles: "What History?", "The History You Don't Know”, “Make you Feel Lost Like High School History”.
As I think of it right now, it would be talking about books that take a different approach to history. Books discussed might include Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States,” Ronald Takaki’s “A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America”, Nell Irvin Painter’s “The History of White People.”
Any other ideas? This could be more focused on SF, or it could stay with the general multicultural approach of the three books above. Right now, I see it as the kind of panel where the panelists say “here’s a good book you should read,” “here’s another good book you should read,” but it would be good to present the ideas in these books as well, why they’re worth reading.
For my own part, I’ve read parts of “A Different Mirror” and “The History of White People”.
Any other books that seem to fit in with this group? Any other ideas for how to focus the panel? Any clarifying questions? Thoughts, complaints, brickbats? Tangential ideas that might make it worthwhile? Challenges?
As I think of it right now, it would be talking about books that take a different approach to history. Books discussed might include Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States,” Ronald Takaki’s “A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America”, Nell Irvin Painter’s “The History of White People.”
Any other ideas? This could be more focused on SF, or it could stay with the general multicultural approach of the three books above. Right now, I see it as the kind of panel where the panelists say “here’s a good book you should read,” “here’s another good book you should read,” but it would be good to present the ideas in these books as well, why they’re worth reading.
For my own part, I’ve read parts of “A Different Mirror” and “The History of White People”.
Any other books that seem to fit in with this group? Any other ideas for how to focus the panel? Any clarifying questions? Thoughts, complaints, brickbats? Tangential ideas that might make it worthwhile? Challenges?
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Date: 2011-06-05 07:37 pm (UTC)Hmmm, at least part of this would work towards a write-up of the panel.
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