Whom do you remember?

hours 1

grade 10 onwards

2 classroom materials

overview

History was usually written by the people in power. They commissioned desirable objects that ended up being preserved. With these objects as well, powerful people shape the image of the past. This is about making the actions of nearly forgotten people visible again.

LEARNING GOALS AND COMPETENCES

looking at historiography from a feminist perspective
identify and criticise mechanism of historiography
discover hidden history/ies

Augmented Reality App

In the TAMAM project, mosque communities have been working with the Museum for Islamic Art since 2015 to develop new ways of teaching culture. Following the publication of teaching materials, a free app was released that uses augmented reality to present background information on selected objects in the collection.

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