1.0Historikertag 2023https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/Charlotte Hoffhttps://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/author/charlotte-hoff/"You Are Your Story": Identities in Popular Genealogy and New Forms of Historical Research – Historikertag 2023rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zt8EvlWuEE"><a href="https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/programm/sektionen/you-are-your-story-identities-in-popular-genealogy-and-new-forms-of-historical-research/">“You Are Your Story”: Identities in Popular Genealogy and New Forms of Historical Research</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/en/programm/sektionen/you-are-your-story-identities-in-popular-genealogy-and-new-forms-of-historical-research/embed/#?secret=zt8EvlWuEE" width="600" height="338" title="““You Are Your Story”: Identities in Popular Genealogy and New Forms of Historical Research” — Historikertag 2023" data-secret="zt8EvlWuEE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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We address constructions of identity in history, historical culture, and digital history, with a focus on popular genealogy. The advertising slogan of the large genealogy, archive digitization, and DNA analysis company Ancestry.com, "You are your story," suggests that people do not actively "make" their history, their person, or their social or familial relationships in the […]https://www.historikertag.de/Leipzig2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/og-image.jpg1200630