Why Is Multiperspectivity Important
Why Is Multiperspectivity Important
Why Is Multiperspectivity Important
Studying history, and understanding what we are capable of, is an integral part of changing
society for the better, now and in the future. ... This is where history can become "tainted"
by perspective. Different people will interpret things like historical cause and effect differently.
It brings a more complex, complete and richer understanding of the past. It can be used to show
corroboration of acts, to show diverse perspectives of a single event, and to showcase the
human condition in compelling ways.
Multiperspectivity “in the past” refers to parallel or synchronic contemporaneous
subjects' perspectives, and its educational function is typically to teach students that
different historical actors may have had different co-existing perspectives on a certain
object based on different experiences, beliefs
It’s the best description we have of the Philippines in the early 16th century, and of just how
Magellan’s expedition encountered the islands and the people, so it’s very valuable