When History Teaching Turns into Parrhesia: The Case of Italian Colonial Crimes

Leone, Giovanna

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“…Pedagogical methods that convey a critical representation of the colonial past may prove effective. Research has shown that exposure to negative aspects of colonial violence is necessary to foster historical awareness, especially when these episodes are denied (Leone, 2017). Hence, combating racism through history education is far from an easy task, but it is necessary.…”

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An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians’ Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

Lastrego,

Magonet,

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2023

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Various national and international political associations have claimed that present-day racism towards people of African descent living in formerly colonizing European countries is caused by these countries’ colonial past and their governments’ failure to adequately address this historical legacy. However, no empirical study has yet examined the relation between social representations of colonialism (SRC) and attitudes towards Afro-descendants among majority group members. To investigate this phenomenon, we carried out two cross-sectional studies, which both confirmed that SRC are associated with attitudes towards the Congolese and with support for compensations. Study 1 (N = 407) investigated, among Belgian participants, the association of the two dimensions of SRC – Exploitation and Development – with present-day intergroup attitudes and support for compensations (material and symbolic) for colonialism. Representing the colonial past in terms of Exploitation was associated with more positive attitudes and more intentions to compensate for colonialism, whereas representing it in terms of Development had the opposite effect. Some of these effects were moderated by national identification. Study 2 (N = 203) used the same design but also included a modern racism scale. Results of Study 1 were generally replicated, and effects of SRC on modern racism were obtained: SRC in terms of Exploitation was associated with less modern racism, and SRC in terms of Development was associated with more modern racism. Results are discussed in terms of post-colonial intergroup relations.

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An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians’ Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

Lastrego,

Magonet,

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2023

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“…I risultati hanno mostrato che solo un'informazione chiara sui crimini italiani cambia significativamente il vissuto emozionale di chi ascolta, promuovendo sentimenti di disagio e tristezza e diminuendo l'indifferenza; allo stesso modo, solo un'informazione franca e non reticente porta i giovani a esprimere giudizi morali sui crimini del passato e a esperire sentimenti di colpa collettiva. [21] Razzismo e forme attuali del fascismo Partiamo da una premessa. Umberto Eco descrive nel 2017 le quattordici caratteristiche di quello che, a suo parere, è l'Ur-Fascismo o il Fascismo Eterno, avvertendo che tali caratteristiche non possono essere irreggimentate in un sistema, che alcune si contraddicono tra loro e molte sono tipiche anche di altre forme di dispotismo o fanatismo.…”

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Discriminazioni di ieri e di oggi: il retaggio del colonialismo

Volpato¹

2021

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“…Este cambio de perspectiva, se asienta en un proceso educativo que entiende y presenta el conocimiento histórico como una construcción humana sujeta al debate fundamentado, y no como algo ya dado e indiscutible. Por lo tanto, permite combatir desde la escuela la parálisis histórica 6 (Seixas, 2012) y el presentismo (Leone, 2017;Wineburg, 2001), formas reduccionistas de leer la realidad, que configuran atajos cognitivos a través de los cuales las personas elevan a estatus de "verdad" la distorsión de los hechos y la información errónea sobre el pasado.…”

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Lidiar con las cargas del pasado en la escuela. Reflexiones desde la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la Historia

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2021

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El presente texto analiza los retos y posibilidades formativas que implica para la enseñanza de la historia −entendida como campo de conocimiento−, incluir en la escuela contenidos substantivos asociados a pasados traumáticos y controversiales. Para ello se han establecido tres ejes de reflexión: el primero identifica los obstáculos y problemáticas que se deben sortear al momento de promover en los salones de clase, reflexiones de carácter histórico sobre procesos, acontecimientos o hechos que marcaron a una sociedad por el dolor, la barbarie y la violencia de dichas experiencias; luego, se explora la importancia que tienen la reestructuración teórica y metodológica de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la historia, en la puesta en marcha de procesos escolares dirigidos a la comprensión crítica de este tipo de pasados, y; finalmente, se analizan las ventajas formativas que trae consigo abordar los pasados traumáticos y conflictivos a través de enfoques de enseñanza-aprendizaje basados en el desarrollo del pensamiento históricos de los estudiantes, específicamente, en una de sus habilidades centrales: la multiperspectividad histórica.

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When History Teaching Turns into Parrhesia: The Case of Italian Colonial Crimes

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians’ Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians’ Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

Discriminazioni di ieri e di oggi: il retaggio del colonialismo

Lidiar con las cargas del pasado en la escuela. Reflexiones desde la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la Historia

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When History Teaching Turns into Parrhesia: The Case of Italian Colonial Crimes

Cited by 6 publications

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An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians&rsquo; Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians&rsquo; Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

Discriminazioni di ieri e di oggi: il retaggio del colonialismo

Lidiar con las cargas del pasado en la escuela. Reflexiones desde la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la Historia

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An Unfinished Chapter: The Impact of Belgians’ Social Representations of Colonialism on their Present-Day Attitudes Towards Congolese People Living in Belgium

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