“We can and we must”: The scientificity of trade-union history-writing in the Soviet Union in the 1920s
In the 1920s, the young Soviet Republic, rejecting the old social system, turned to the study of the past. Instead of engaging with professional historians, the new regime initiated a whole range of large-scale participatory projects incorporated into political and public institutions to produce...
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Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019-11-01
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In the 1920s, the young Soviet Republic, rejecting the old social system, turned to the study of the past. Instead of engaging with professional historians, the new regime initiated a whole range of large-scale participatory projects incorporated into political and public institutions to produce new, revolutionary history. In this article, instead of approaching this topic in terms of ideology and memory I put it in the context of history of science. Focusing on the case of trade unions, I suggest considering the early Soviet non-academic history-writing as a form of radical citizen science. Even though trade unionists had no special education, they dared to use scientific methods in their research that ended with positive results. This story allows us to question the opposition between amateurs and professionals in the field of citizen science.
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| spelling | doaj-art-4b57899c2b14426fa5b354125c9618532025-01-31T23:45:58ZengPolish Academy of Arts and SciencesStudia Historiae Scientiarum2451-32022543-702X2019-11-0118“We can and we must”: The scientificity of trade-union history-writing in the Soviet Union in the 1920sRoman Gilmintinov0Duke University. Durham, NC 27708, North Carolina, United States In the 1920s, the young Soviet Republic, rejecting the old social system, turned to the study of the past. Instead of engaging with professional historians, the new regime initiated a whole range of large-scale participatory projects incorporated into political and public institutions to produce new, revolutionary history. In this article, instead of approaching this topic in terms of ideology and memory I put it in the context of history of science. Focusing on the case of trade unions, I suggest considering the early Soviet non-academic history-writing as a form of radical citizen science. Even though trade unionists had no special education, they dared to use scientific methods in their research that ended with positive results. This story allows us to question the opposition between amateurs and professionals in the field of citizen science. https://ojs.ejournals.eu/SHS/article/view/6907history-writingcitizen sciencetrade unionsThe USSRMarxismthe 1920s |
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| title | “We can and we must”: The scientificity of trade-union history-writing in the Soviet Union in the 1920s |
| title_full | “We can and we must”: The scientificity of trade-union history-writing in the Soviet Union in the 1920s |
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| title_short | “We can and we must”: The scientificity of trade-union history-writing in the Soviet Union in the 1920s |
| title_sort | we can and we must the scientificity of trade union history writing in the soviet union in the 1920s |
| topic | history-writing citizen science trade unions The USSR Marxism the 1920s |
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