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5. Historical Methodology

Aimee Camacho

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Research Project

Historical Methodology

Historical Methodology

What is it?

Historical methodology refers to the systematic approach and techniques that historians use to study and interpret the past.

Key elements

7. Historiography

1. Source Analysis

2. Textual Analysis

8. Interpretation and Argumentation

3. Contextualization

4. Comparative Analysis

9. Oral History

10. Theoretical Frameworks

5. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

11. Cross-disciplinary Approaches

6. Chronology

QUOTE

The past is not dead, it is not even past.

William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

Formal Research Paper

1. Introduction

2. Method chosen

3. Results

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion / Recommendations

Introduction

Introductions usually have three parts: -Presentation of the problem statement, the topic, or the research inquiry -Purpose and focus of your paper -Summary or overview of the writer’s position or arguments

Methods

The methods section of your research paper should describe in detail what methodology and special materials if any, you used to think through or perform your research..

Historical Methods

7. Arqueological Excavation

1. Primary Source Analysis

2. Secondary Source Analysis

8. Quantitative Data Analysis

3. Textual Analysis

9. Ethnographic Research

4. Comparative Analysis

10. Content Analysis

5. Chronology

11. Digital History

6. Oral History

12. Cross-disciplinary

Results

These can be presented in two ways: -Quantitative -Qualitative

Discussion

Your discussion section should generalize what you have learned from your research.One way to generalize is to explain the consequences or meaning of your results and then make your points that support and refer back to the statements you made in your introduction

Conclusion / Recommendations

Your conclusion ties your research together. binding together all the main ideas in your thinking and writing.

Get it together

Conclusions

Discussion

Methods

Introduction

Results

History Research

Auxiliary Sciences

Historical Methods

7. Arqueological Excavation

1. Primary Source Analysis

2. Secondary Source Analysis

8. Quantitative Data Analysis

3. Textual Analysis

9. Ethnographic Research

4. Comparative Analysis

10. Content Analysis

5. Chronology

11. Digital History

6. Oral History

12. Cross-disciplinary

Auxiliary disciplines

Anthropology

Archaeology

Sociology

Seeks to understand human diversity, behavior, evolution, and the ways in which societies function

Seeks to understand how social forces shape human behavior, beliefs, and attitudes

Archaeological findings provide valuable insights into ancient cultures and historical events.

Auxiliary disciplines

Ethnography

Social Anthropology

Biological Anthropology

Involves immersive, firsthand observation and participation in the daily lives and practices of the subjects being studied

Study of human biology, evolution, and variation. Studies the biological part of the human

Studies the social structures, institutions, and behaviors of various societies around the world