Category: Features
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“The American Crime”: Butchery at Wounded Knee, and the End of the Plains Nations
Sam Mackenzie vividly reconstructs the tragic events of the massacre at Wounded KNee.
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The Factory, the Forest, and Folklore: The Origins of Hiking as a Radical Activity
Logan McKinnon explores how hiking can be understood as a radical act of reclaiming nature, fostering freedom and equality while challenging societal norms and structures.
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Artichokes, Humours, and Swords: A Look at a Revealing Episode in Caravaggio’s Life
Helene Chaligne examines one particularly strange moment in Caravaggio’s life, in which a debate about the preparation of artichokes led to a Roman brawl.
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Epilogue to a story of hubris: Italians in Adwa
Emilio Luppino explores how Italy’s colonial ambitions in Africa were impaired by internal divisions, diplomatic failures, and military defeat.
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Dance until you Drop; The Dancing Plague of 1518
Abbie Teal narrates how, in 1518 Strasbourg, a bizarre contagion known as the Dancing Plague caused frenzied dancing and death.
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Street Rats and Symbols: The Historical Partnership Between Pigeons and Humans
As a final segment of a five part series, Ailsa Fraser analyses the age-old partnership between humans and pigeons.
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Using Nick Hedges’ Photography to Challenge Narratives of Widespread British Affluence in the 1960s
Many historians deem the 1960s to be a decade of consumerism and affluence which affected the working class. Lauren Hood seeks to complicate this notion through analysing the striking photography of Nick Hedges, who captures the bleak reality for many working class Britons.
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Eugenics and the Dangers of Simplifying Intolerance
Eugenics, coined by Francis Galton in 1883, aims to influence future generations’ racial quality, intertwining with scientific racism and legislative practices such as forced sterilisation. Kate Philips evaluates how the idea of eugenic and its historical interpretations possess a dark side, implicated in human cognition and societal values.
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