We can't see the war for the memorials: balancing education and commemoration
- Written by Leah Riches, PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Sessional Academic, Monash University
One of the key vehicles for communicating the history of the first world war has been the classroom. But in this, the WWI centenary period, have the lines between education and commemoration been distorted?
In Australia the national fervour surrounding the Anzac centenary has made it easy to get lost in the “celebratory” nature of our...