Discuss Using Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past write a short paper that identifies the author’s main argument about the construction of historical narratives and the ways in which “history” is not nearly as simple as might be assumed. Pay close attention to questions of positivism and constructivism and the locations where silencing can occur. What, in the end, is the purpose and/or uses of History?
Using Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past write a short paper that identifies the author’s main argument about the construction of historical narratives and the ways in which “history” is not nearly as simple as might be assumed. Pay close attention to questions of positivism and constructivism and the locations where silencing can occur. What, in […]