Journal article
Jack Hodgson
Qualitative Inquiry, 2023
Qualitative Inquiry, 2023
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Hodgson, J. (2023). Historians, Emotions, and Children’s Trauma in the Archives. Qualitative Inquiry.
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Hodgson, Jack. “Historians, Emotions, and Children’s Trauma in the Archives.” Qualitative Inquiry (2023).
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Hodgson, Jack. “Historians, Emotions, and Children’s Trauma in the Archives.” Qualitative Inquiry, 2023.
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@article{jack2023a,
title = {Historians, Emotions, and Children’s Trauma in the Archives},
year = {2023},
journal = {Qualitative Inquiry},
author = {Hodgson, Jack}
}
Abstract
This reflective essay focuses on the emotionality of children’s creations in the archives, particularly where children’s creations give insight into traumatic histories. I argue that history will be better placed when historians write more openly about the inherently distressing nature of the materials they consume. It is impossible to be unaffected by such material and acknowledging this will make our work more transparent by outlining to readers the context it was written in. The complex, emotive interpretive task historians face is demonstrated using two children’s drawings—one from the Spanish Civil War and the other from the Darfur Genocide.
