You are invited on Wednesday
1 October to hear Kate Hunter and Kirstie Ross discuss their recent
publication:
At the centenary of the Great War,
historians and curators face the challenge of bringing fresh perspectives to a
conflict that is already familiar to audiences through not only their own
family history and memorabilia, but also a shared culture of remembrance, the
arts and media. In their recent publication, Holding on to Home: New Zealand
Objects and Stories of the First World War the authors, Kate Hunter and
Kirstie Ross, emphasise everyday artefacts
in order to illuminate the period and to explore who New Zealanders at war
were, as well as what they treasured and why.
Their book reveals the importance of objects in maintaining individual,
family and sometimes community identities in a conflict that was global and
globalising, as well as impersonal and industrial. In this
illustrated seminar, the authors of Holding on to Home will focus on
specific objects and their relationship to themes within their book, to show
how things, integrated with documentary and pictorial sources, can
change the scale, scope and nature of the history of New Zealand’s Great War
.
About the Authors
Kate Hunter is a social
historian with an interest in World War One. Currently Associate Professor and
Head of the History programme at Victoria University. Kate is an Honorary
Research Associate at Te Papa and the author of many articles and books.
Kirstie Ross is Curator
Modern New Zealand at Te Papa, specialising in 20th Century social
history and material culture. Kirstie has curated numerous exhibitions,
including Te Papa’s forthcoming World War One centennial exhibition.
Time:
Wednesday 1 October at 12.15pm
Place: L4 ASB House, 101 the Terrace,
Wellington
Talks
are for approximately 1 hour.
To listen again to
MCH Public History talks go to: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/handsonhistory/downloads-and-podcasts
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