2013 Canadian Historical Association Presidential Address: On Local History and Local Historical Knowledge

• Published in: Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
• Main Author: Dick, Lyle
• Format: Text
• Language: English; French
• Published: The Canadian Historical Association / La Société historique du Canada 2013
• Subjects: Canada; Grise Fiord; Nunavut; inuit; inuite
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1024996ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1024996ar

This article considers two undervalued aspects of historical production — local history and local historical knowledge. It distinguishes between microhistory as carried out by professionals and local history as practised by vernacular historians, sometimes in collaboration with professionals. Relati...