Saturday, May 11, 2002 I'm getting interested in the idea of history. History as story-telling, history as a point of view, history as propaganda. Hmm. Very suspicious. Who determines History? I learnt in class that history is only history when it is embedded in a power struggle that is more or less collective (at least that's how I remember it). This is scary isnt it? I decided to read more about "historical events" during the holidays and spent a while looking at the General World History section in the bookstore. I think the very fact that there are so many books about 1 single period in history proved my point. It was really over my head, especially when I don't have any specifics to start with. The only contact I have with History is in secondary school where we had to memorise dates and shite like that and then after the exams, they just go right through the window. There are only so much rubbish one can download without going mad.
Well. I guess I have to continue searching through the stupid shelves in the hope that something will catch my eye in this bloody lifetime.

posted by Sharon K at 8:19 am