From May 31 to June 1, 2019, the international symposium “The 1916 Uprising in Central Asia: academic integration, new approaches and knowledge”  took place in Karakol.

 

Panel 2. Regional specifics of the uprising

Tenlik Dalaeva: Representation of private evidences on the events of 1916 in educational literature

 

Abstract: Discussions and studies on the history of the uprising of 1916 in Central Asia, which are conducted by professional historians and the public, show that the representation of the events in scientific and educational publications and the memory of those tragic days in public perception do not always coincide. This is due to the fact that, along with documentary sources, researchers have the opportunity to make wide use of the evidence of both the participants in these events and their descendants, who have preserved the memory of those tragic days within the family.

Today, two factors significantly influence the teaching of history in schools and universities: 1) a wide information space and modern methods of broadcasting both scientific and educational materials on history; 2) the development of a new direction – public history.

The purpose of this report is to study ways to solve the problem: how, preserving the scientific basis in historical research, but processing them into educational materials, to make them available for understanding and assimilation by students and the general public; the search for consensus in the reconstruction of history “from top to bottom” and “from bottom to top” through historical research based on a combination of private evidences – documents of “private” memory and sources recognized in historical science – official and archival documents, etc.

The analysis of the emotional content of private testimony will be presented, which made up the evaluation of characteristics that influence today the construction of historical knowledge within the framework of public history, at the interface of academic knowledge and public perception.  

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