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Uni

ver
sit
yofJuba

School
ofEducat
ion

Mast
erofAr
tsi
nHi
stor
y

Chal
l
engesandoppor
tuni
ti
esi
nhi
stor
ical
resear
chi
nsout
hsudan

Namepet
erAt
hianMaker

I
ndexnumber2024-
MAH-018

Cour
seHi
stor
ical
resear
chmet
hods

Cour
sei
nst
ruct
or:
Dr.Ni
cki
kinder
sley

Dat
eofsubmi
ssi
on:
20/
11/
2024
1i
ntr
oduct
ion

Iti
seasyf orthemessaget ogetloseinthetransl
ationwhent al
kingabouthistory
.Hist
ori
ans
arelikejournali
stofthepastwhoshoul dbereportingonpastev entsastheyhappenedexactl
y.
Theyassumedt hatformostpeopl e,hi
stor
yisnonessent i
alhobby.Thepublicisabl
etosee
thatashar edunder standingofthepastcanbui l
dasenseofbel ongingwithi
ncommuni ti
esand
society.Theyalsoseet hatl
earni
ngaboutt hepastcanhel pthesocietyl
earnfrom mist
akes.
Peopl ecanal sorecognizethatmuseumsandhi storical
sit
esarev al
uabl
e.

Itisver
yimportantt
oknowwhathi
stor
yisandhowitaf
fectl
iv
esthr
oughtime.Sout
hsudan
communi t
ieshasbeenpar
toft
hewor l
dandhasvasthi
stor
ywhichi
spresenceinor
aland
tradi
ti
onalfor
ms.

Hi st
oryisanongoi ngpr ocessofdescr i
bing,anal
ysing,evaluati
ngandi nter
pretingpastev ent
s
thatiscontinuallyr
evisit
edasnewev idencecomet oli
ght.Publ i
chistor
yiscol l
aborati
ve
approacht hroughwhi chhi st
orianresear chandi nt
erpretthepastf orandwi t
ht hepubli
c.
Histori
calthinkingi
nv olvescrit
icall
yexami ningmultipl
eaccount sandper spectiveofpast
events.Hist oryisr
elevantt othepr esentandf utur
ebecuasei thelpsusunder standhowt he
societywel i
v eincameabout .Itcanl eadtosoci alchangebygui di
ngdecisionmaki ngand
empower ingpeopl etot hinkcri
ticall
yaboutandaddr esspr esentdaychallengesi nthesociety.
Historysuppor tahealthydemocr acyandci v
icengagementbyal lowingpeoplet ousetheir
knowledgeofpastpol iciestopar t
icipateinthecurrentdemocr at
icprocess

Chal
l
enges.

1l
i
mit
edr
esour
ces.

Ther
eisl
ackoff
undi
ngf
orr
esear
chandt
hegov
ernmentsuppor
tisof
tenkepti
nhouse

2li
mit
edaccess.Therei
sli
mitedaccesstocomputer
sandt
heint
erneti
nsout
hsudanwhi
ch
makei
tdi
ff
icul
ttoassessonli
neresearchandr
evi
ewjour
nal
s.

3l
ackofski
l
ledhumanr
esour
ce.Ther
eisshor
tageofski
l
ledpeopl
etowor
kinr
esear
ch

4li
mi t
eduseoftheresear
ch.Thegov ernmentandthepoli
cymaker sdonotusemuchr esear
ch
whichcanleadtoi
mpor t
antdecisi
onbei ngmadewithoutresearch.Therearemul
ti
ple
chall
engesfaci
ngsouthsudaninbuil
dingastr
ongreasearchsy stem capabl
eofpr
oducing
quali
tyout
put

Academicsarediscour
agedbylowwagesandlackofpromot i
onduetofail
uretoproduceand
publi
shresearch,t
hebasi
sofacademicpromot
ion.Asar esul
t,manymov eint
owor ki
ngas
consult
antsforNGOs,donoragenci
esandUNorganisat
ionsmakingacademicindependence
amostimpossi bl
e..
Oppor
tuni
ti
es

Oralhist
oryi
nter
views.Thesei
nter
viewscanpr
ovi
despacef
orpeopl
etoshar
ethei
rst
ori
esi
n
vari
etyofways.

Archi
ves.Sout
hSudannati
onalar
chi
veinJubahasdocumentsthatcanhel
presear
cher
s
under
standthecount
ry,
shi
stor
yandthechall
engesi
tfacest
oday.

Et
hnographicResearchcanhel
presear
cher
saccessandexcav
atecompet
ingmemor
iesof
wart
imeex per
ience

Pract
icalchall
enges.Theproduct
ionofqual
i
tyr
esear
chi
nsout
hsudani
sof
tenf
acedwi
th
poli
ti
cal,
logist
icalandsecur
it
yissues.

Inconcl usion, Historyi sanongoi ngpr ocessf ori nterpretingev ent


s, itisrevisi
tedcont inual
ly
andi sacol laborative,leadtosoci alchangebygui dingdeci si
onmaki ngandsuppor thealth
democr acy.Thesur facelevelfactsandf i
gur esmakei thar df orpeopl et oseet her oleof
cri
ticall thi
nkingi nhist ori
calanalysi
sandi nter pretation.Thepubl i
cbel ievest hathistoryisabout
recor dinganddocument i
ngjustthef act s.Peopl eal sot hinkt hatlearningaboutt hepastmeans
obser vingf act sandf igures.Thepubl icbel iev est hatl earninghi storysimpl yinvolvesmemor isi
ng
straight for
war dfactsandf i
guresandt hiscanbeachi evedt hr oughobser vinginformat i
ons.
Histor i
cal figuresar eseenasi ndiv i
dual l
yr esponsi blef ordr iv
ingev ent singoodorbadway .
Histor i
cal researchcanbeusei narchiv es,i nst i
tutionofhi gherl earning,et hnographi cresearch
andpr act i
cal chall
enges.
Ref
erences

JokMadutJok,
resar
chandknowl
edgesy
stem i
nsout
hsudan.

Wiki
pedi
a,communicat
ingabouthi
stor
y,chal
l
enges,
oppor
tuni
ti
esandemer
ging
r
ecommendations.

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