‘I Just Feel It’s Important to Know Exactly What he Went Through’:<i>In Their Footsteps</i>and The Role of Emotions in Australian Television History

Arrow, Michelle

doi:10.1080/01439685.2013.847651

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“…It is these broader issues that we turn to in this discussion section. Arrow (2013, 2015) offers useful insights into the Anzac revival. She includes the influence of film and television, the growth in genealogy, new understandings of war and war trauma and the new nationalism of the late twentieth century.…”

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Teaching about war today: An analysis of curriculum resources produced for New Zealand’s commemoration of the First World War

Mutch

Cameron-Lewis

2017

Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

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This study investigated New Zealand teaching resources produced for the 100th anniversary of the First World War. The purpose was to explore how the war was viewed today by examining what was being presented to children and young people. We analysed hard copy and online resources that were specifically prepared or suggested for the anniversary. Our study revealed that the myth of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli as marking the start of Australia and New Zealand’s separation from Britain was alive and well. So, too, was the legend of the Anzac soldier as brave, stoic, resourceful and heroic. What was of particular interest, however, was that over the course of the centennial commemorations, the tone of the rhetoric moved from one of adulation to a more critical stance as a wider variety of perspectives on the war and its consequences began to appear to challenge the orthodox story of New Zealand’s role in the war. This article concludes by discussing what might be behind this upsurge in interest in the First World War before making recommendations on teaching about the war, or indeed other contested issues, in ways that acknowledge significant events yet hold unchallenged assumptions up to scrutiny.

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“…Arrow (2013, 2015) suggests that the rise in genealogy and popularity of television programmes such as Who Do You Think You Are ? and In their footsteps may have influenced the popularity of war history.…”

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Teaching about war today: An analysis of curriculum resources produced for New Zealand’s commemoration of the First World War

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Cameron-Lewis

2017

Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

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“…I did not expect the sort of story I would like to tell about Australia's experience of WWI -one that included women's perspectives and dealt explicitly with the trauma, grief and social divisiveness of war -would ever make it to our screens. I was painfully aware, as my provisos about emotional sensitivity were designed to show, that, as historian Michelle Arrow has pointed out, 'the contemporary allure of war in the popular historical consciousness [is] partly the product of a conservative political environment' (Arrow: 2013). I assumed that my concept would frighten the horses at the ABC.…”

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Making The war that changed us: Notes from the frontline of history, television and military remembrance

Wright

2015

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The war that changed us, produced by Electric Pictures, directed by Don Featherstone, and co-written by Don Featherstone and Clare Wright, aired on ABC1 in July 2014. This essay reflects on the role of the professional historian in the process of developing and writing a four-part television documentary series to commemorate the centenary of World War I. It explores the conflicts and collaborations required to bring to the small screen an enormous story with huge implications for current political debates about remembrance, patriotism and the function of the national broadcaster.

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Our Corner of the Somme

Fathi¹

2019

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‘I Just Feel It’s Important to Know Exactly What he Went Through’:In Their Footstepsand The Role of Emotions in Australian Television History

Cited by 22 publications

References 16 publications

Teaching about war today: An analysis of curriculum resources produced for New Zealand’s commemoration of the First World War

Teaching about war today: An analysis of curriculum resources produced for New Zealand’s commemoration of the First World War

Making The war that changed us: Notes from the frontline of history, television and military remembrance

Our Corner of the Somme

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