Internet and the public use of history. From Nicola Gallerano’s remarks to Antonino Criscione’s surveys of web sites

Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Antonio Prampolini
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2011/134 Language Italian
Pages 17 P. 797-813 File size 499 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2011-134008
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Anyone who wants to deal with the issue of “the public use of history” in the last twenty years should take as his/her starting point the fundamental remarks of Nicola Gallerano on the relationship between history, memory and society. The advent of Internet has had a significant bearing on the public use of history, as Antonino Criscione’s recent surveys have shown. The distinctive contributions of Gallerano and Criscione are discussed in this essay. Both scholars share a critical but positive approach to the public use of history, which cannot be confined to msitifying or apologetic revisionism. This applies especially to Internet, where many webs devoted to contemporary history present themselves as “deposits of memory” or “community networks”.

Keywords: Internet, Web, contemporary history, public use of history, Nicola Gallerano, Antonino Criscione.

Antonio Prampolini, Internet e l'uso pubblico della storia. Dalle riflessioni di Nicola Gallerano alle indagini di Antonino Criscione sui siti web in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 134/2011, pp 797-813, DOI: 10.3280/SS2011-134008