The Belgian past in present journalism. How the Dutch- and the French-speaking public broadcaster (re)construct collective memories about the colonial and war history (2002-present). Ghent University
Every day, journalists and their sources narrate early or distant past events to their audiences. They do so when providing historical contexts, drawing analogies, or commemorating historical figures or events. Yet, both international and Belgian scholars have thus far paid insufficient attention to this omnipresence of history and the role of journalism in the (re)constructing process of collective memories. Consequently, we still have ...