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Therefore, they challenge the conceptual frameworks through which African legal history has often been written, which privilege colonial categories of law over African epistemologies and practices.
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They show that law was a living practice constituted through social relationships and local knowledge rather than an abstract system.
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As she demonstrates, these records preserve not only the outcomes of disputes, but also the processes through which truth, justice, peace and reputation were defined, debated and determined.
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To do so, Nabukenya draws on case files that she discovered, organised and catalogued from Buganda's native courts and the High Court of Uganda.
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It has been Tuesday, and Sauda Nabukenya of #blogstheblog arguing that African history can be reconstructed through court records.
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We're back from our summer break! More #theoryofhistory! And it's #blogtheblog Tuesday! We have a great post from Christian Wachter form the University of Bielefeld on "Multimodal History – Convergence of Text, Image, Diagram and Virtual Space"

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Multimodal History – Convergence of Text, Image, Diagram and Virtual Space
Christian Wachter - How can images reshape the way historians produce and share knowledge? What happens when we rethink the interplay between text and image, or even explore immersive formats like vir...
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Did you know that you can also become a associated #member of the #ZThF?
To qualify for membership, you must demonstrate a clear research interest in #philosophyofhistory, #historicaltheory and/or #theoriesinhistoricalresearch, as well as a willingness to work with the #ZThF on a long-term basis.
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We are taking a break for the summer! We wish you a relaxing and enjoyable summer and will be back on September 9 with a new piece: #theoryofhistory.
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We are pleased to announce that the first part of our #BielefeldTheoryTalks series has been published. It is a micro-monograph entitled "Temporal Vectors and the Compass of History. Politics and Ethics at the End-time" by @ethankleinberg.bsky.social.
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Elle constate toutefois la renaissance des espoirs et des idées utopistes actuellement. S’appuyant sur cette renaissance, elle invite les chercheurs à se concentrer avant tout sur les événements qui ont été portés par l’espérance et qui semblaient possibles, mais qui n’ont pas fini par se produire.
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D’une part, elle montre comment l’utopie entre dans l’histoire avec les révolutions modernes ouvrant l’horizon des possibles.
D’autre part, elle révèle comment au XXe siècle elle perd à la fois son charme et l’idéal communiste qui le portait.
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Il est mardi et Michèle Riot-Sarcey de #blogstheblog s’interroge sur l’évolution de l’utopie depuis le XIXe siècle.
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Vor der Sommerpause schon Vorfreude auf nach der Sommerpause, mit Freude an - neuen, anderen, fließenden, kreativen - Formen! Geschichte schreiben im 21. Jahrhundert mit @achland.bsky.social @susannequitmann.bsky.social @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social @modomodo.bsky.social @michaelwildt.bsky.social ua
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In today's blog post, Daria Novgorodova discusses traces in material objects within Russia's first public mineral collection. She asks how these polysemantic objects accumulate layers of meaning over time and leave traces.
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Traces of Meanings in Catalogues and Collections. The Eighteenth-Century Mineral Cabinet.
Daria Novgorodova - A museum item has no single meaning but layers of them. All these meanings, both historical and contemporary, interact and accumulate, are unseen but remain a crucial part of its m...
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On July 10th, Stefan Haas will speak about "Nach der Narrativität. Warum für die Geschichtswissenschaft eine eigene Argumentationstheorie essentiell ist?"
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online!
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DOMINO-TALK: We are happy to announce a #dominotalk between @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social and Shahzad Bashir, which will take place next Thursday, the fifth of June.
Join us at Bielefeld Univ (Room X E0-002) or online! #theoryofhistory | #Material-Oriented-Theory-of-History
Abt. Geschichtswissenschaft - 05.06.2025: Lisa Regazzoni (Bielefeld) im Gespräch mit Shahzad Bashir (London): The Episteme of the Gallic Past | Domino Gespräch Uni Bielefeld Logo
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Such an understanding, she argues, requires forms of representation in which research practices and methods, researchers and the material surface are included in the investigation both as subjects and objects.