It’s really asking where the line is between revealing what was always there and changing how we understand history. The text itself isn’t being rewritten but once new words, dates, or context become visible, our interpretations shift. At that point the record stays the same but the story we tell about it changes.
It’s really asking where the line is between revealing what was always there and changing how we understand history. The text itself isn’t being rewritten but once new words, dates, or context become visible, our interpretations shift. At that point the record stays the same but the story we tell about it changes.