Professional Historian and History Consultancy Services Brisbane
Any serious historian or a sociologist in the broad Australian Studies areas must be puzzled at the messaging of the recent Australian Lamb promotional video, and the, alas, popular response on social media. We have been here before, so many times. Clever? or humorous propaganda, à la Morrison’s Where the Bloody Hell Are You? as…
Introducing History Service – Digital History Imagery One of the new, contemporaneous, practices in local history is the creation of digital image galleries. For more information, please go to [click] ANNOUNCING… I will not rob public archives, and I do not for personal gain. All material from public archives requires full…
Introducing History Service – Personal & Family History Dr Buch offers a consultancy referral service for those interested in personal or family histories. This is the only area of the professional work where the paid work is restricted to the consultancy guidance offered. Research in your own personal or family history is your work.…
Introducing History Service – Community & Institution History Community history refers to the practice of historical research and writing in interpersonal settings, either inside or outside institutions. For more information, please go to [click] ANNOUNCING… Stephens at War Conference, at the Yeronga-Stephens RSL on 26 October. I will presenting a paper on…
Introducing History Service – Historical Sociology “Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society.” The stories of historical sociology are today more complex, examining the origins of social revolutions or mass movements, empires and states, inequality, gender and culture.…
Introducing History Service – Religion & Secular History ‘Religion & Secular History’ is a very large field, or, actually, the historical summation from many fields — religious history, studies of religion, philosophy of religion, world religions studies (anthropology and sociology), the psychology of religion, and so forth. In exploring the almost-impossible question of…
Introducing History Service – Civil Society & Political History One might think, in the modern world, that the civil society is a state of pretence, or a hollow existence, or a utopian ideal. This is because civil society is conceived in political theory. Modern politics is too often the antithesis of the civil society…
Introducing History Service – Network & Schema History Network history is the explanations that follow from the use in concept mapping. The term “schema” was prominently discussed in philosophy by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). The term was introduced into psychology by Jean Piaget in 1923, and was developed as educational psychology by Richard C. Anderson.…
Introducing History Service – Mapping History The Mapping Brisbane History (MBH) is a unique historical geography project unseen in any other Australian capital city. It is a long-term work to map as many historical sites as possible in the Brisbane area. The local study program has been completed with 39 southside study areas, and…
Introducing History Service – Educated Society & Geographic History Commonly within any society, there are sites where learning occurs, what we recognise as educational institutions — schools, universities, and places of adult & community education. Examining the local geography in Queensland we can identify clusters of such sites and from such patterns over time,…