This talk investigates the intersections between digital history and public history, two recent fields of historical research and teaching that are still conceived and put into practice in many different ways. If a digital history without a public dimension can undoubtedly exist, and public history does not necessarily include a digital approach, there is also a significant area of overlap between the two. Depending on our interpretation of which ‘the public’ is and which role it should play, the field called ‘digital and public history’ can take many different forms and encompass many different activities, methodologies, and research products.
The talk aims to show how public history can open new avenues for digital history, and vice versa, fostering innovative forms of historical research, engagement, and knowledge production. It also examines how key public history concepts–such as participatory and collaborative history, crowdsourcing, citizen history, and shared authority–can be applied to digital history projects, but also how central questions in digital humanities–from digital hermeneutics to data source criticism–can be crucial also in a public history context. Drawing on selected case studies, with particular reference to projects developed at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the presentation illustrates how some of the above-mentioned theoretical issues are translated into practice.
Vortrag im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums und Ringvorlesung „Digital History“
Zeit: Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026, 16-18 Uhr
Ort: Zoom-Konferenz (Zugang auf Anfrage oder via Mailingliste)
OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Digital History Berlin (Redaktion) (18. Juni 2026). Stefano Dall’Aglio: When Digital History Goes Public: Theory, Practice, Perspectives. Digital History Berlin. Abgerufen am 13. Oktober 2026 von https://doi.org/10.58079/16fg8