Reposted by Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙
In Blois for the history fest and it is absurdly joyful. Massive book fair! Enormous queues for talks! Teachers, academics, publishers, podcasters, librarians, all having a fab natter about history! Making history supporting the “mouvement social”!
This is the discipline that’s not worth saving?
![slide from a powerpoint presentation for the course "The Crucible and its afterlife". Includes image from a production of "John Proctor is the Villain" that shows the characters Shelby and raelynn with hands clasped swinging in a circle as part of their interpretive dance, which is the climax of the play. the slide reads: THE BIG QUESTION. What is this play [or any work of art] about? Is it confined to original intentions and context? Or can it grow and change?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cblx4eifknn35adafg3djta/bafkreieoomheu7utuqhxqkdrhzph3lknsql64gw2ul5ixesotmuqsln5g4)
