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9. MOVING FROM, AND BEYOND, INVENTED CATEGORIES: AFTERWORDS
Author(s) -
LAVEAGA GABRIELA SOTO
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
history and theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1468-2303
pISSN - 0018-2656
DOI - 10.1111/hith.12172
Subject(s) - narrative , epistemology , sociology , power (physics) , focus (optics) , history , literature , philosophy , art , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
The decentering of narratives is no longer sufficient for bringing the past into sharper focus. As a discipline, we must contend with the continued power imbalance in the production and circulation of histories. It is necessary to give equal valence to histories produced by embracing a range of historical methods, many of which the essays in this forum explore. Doing so expands understandings of what counts as theory in our histories and their obligations in society.