My Own 1922 [To Diko mou 1922] was an educational-curatorial project of the Hellenic Parliament Foundation that used history didactics and arts-based research to foster historical literacy. High school students were asked to take a look around them, in their home, neighbourhood and city, and choose traces of the past that meant something to them. Objects and testimonies were then woven together in four exhibitions. In this conversation, recorded on 23 December 2024, Jon asked Anna to explain the thinking behind the project, and introduce some of the artefacts. Students came to reimagine their relationship to the past, and understand the exchangees of a century ago as individuals inhabiting multiple roles in history, rather than being passive victims of it.

We didn’t talk about exams. That was not there.  It was about us talking to the past, visiting it together, and showing how it’s relatable to us.

For the documentary produced as part of the project, click here. Details of the exhibitions mounted in the schools can be found here and here.

Episode 63 – My Own 1922

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