Comments on: Refashioning history: my uncomfortable embrace of imagination

By: Mark Dunn

Mark Dunn — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:07:48 +0000

Peter, as always engaging and thought provoking. Bray sounds the perfect companion for a trip through Sydney’s history-a little strange, unpredictable and elusive. I have someone similar who never quite let’s me forget that he will turn up at some unexpected point in my own research. Staying uncomfortable is the key, it keeps the historian alert to the potential twists and turns that the work throws up.

By: phanswblogeditor

phanswblogeditor — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:29:27 +0000

Peter. I wonder if you are right about the history wars. It seems to me that history will always be part of the political toolkit. One thing we can do about that is call it out when people distort what we know are the facts or at least encourage discussion about different perspectives on the past when those facts can be disputed or are wobbly.

By: Peter Hobbins

Peter Hobbins — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 21:10:11 +0000

In reply to Kate O’Neill.

Hello Kate
Ha! I learned a lot about urban history, family history and biography while chasing down Bray – it’s all part of making myself permanently uncomfortable with what I know – or don’t!
Cheers, Peter

By: Kate O'Neill

Kate O'Neill — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 04:18:05 +0000

Fascinating exposition of the ‘usual paths’ of forensic research – you make it sound so easy. 😉