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Historical consideration of place: inviting multiple histories and narratives in place-based education

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Drawing upon van Eijck and Roth’s notion of “place as chronotope,” this review paper discusses historical consideration of place as it assists us to conceptualize place in its collective, political, and dialogical nature. In a place, we are positioned amidst of the multiplicity of histories and narratives within ever shifting various contexts of place. Historical consideration acknowledges multiplicity and marginalization in a place, thus, legitimizes multiple place histories and invites multiple narratives to engage in dialogical process of place. With historical consideration, place identity can be approached and framed in its collective, dialogical nature within larger social, political contexts of place. The paper further suggests that place based education should be able to acknowledge and invite multiple histories and marginalized voices of students into creating a place to dwell together.

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Lim, M. Historical consideration of place: inviting multiple histories and narratives in place-based education. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 5, 899–909 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-010-9276-4

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