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SUMMARY:[Historikertag 2021] Comics and Conflicting Interpretations in the 20th Century
DESCRIPTION:Conflicting interpretations are closely tied to the media they are conveyed with. In different historical epochs, controversial perceptions, positions and ideas of order have been expressed with different media. At the same time, these media themselves could become the subject of such struggles, for example in recurring discussions about the opportunities and dangers of the – at the respective time – ‘new media’. In many cases, such as in cinema, television or computer games, the social appreciation of everything visual played a central role in this context, either by “demonizing the image” (Grunder) or by emphasizing its potential as an independent approach to interpreting the world. Although an increasing significance of visuality is assumed for the 20th century, the “century of the image” (Paul), historical research has not yet looked at all visual media to the same extent. This applies in particular to comics, which have received some attention from the perspective of history didactics in recent years, but are largely unused as a source of research. This shows not least a connection between the exploration of a medium in its various forms and its assignment to ‘high culture’ or ‘popular art’. This panel examines comics, first, as the subject of conflicting interpretations (Christine Gundermann) and, second, as a means of visualization in interpretive struggles (Kalina Kupczynska), reflecting in the process, third, its potential as a historical source (Michael Scholz). The focus is on the second half of the 20th century, during which the prevalence and significance of comics increased worldwide. We will look at the perspectives of different countries; in addition to a case study each on Sweden and Poland, one contribution will adopt a clearly transnational perspective.
Der Beitrag Comics and Conflicting Interpretations in the 20th Century erschien zuerst auf Historikertag 2021.
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