Authors :
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 7 - July
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3IIfn9N
Scribd :
https://bit.ly/3OR86r3
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6957956
Abstract :
This paper presents and articulates the art
and the science of Qualified Historiography, that is,
History-writing in cases of uncertainty and unreliability
of the narrative– where narratives are not absolute or
certain, based on hypotheses, need to be refined and
recast, and therefore also need to be qualified. This is a
practical and immeasurably useful approach that allows
readers to sift the grain from the chaff, and cull the
essence without jettisoning the meat. It can be used in
many different cases, for example, when research is still
underway, when data is incomplete, when it is intended
to be used by one or more researchers as a platform for
other researchers to contribute to nascent and budding
ideas, when it brings some value to the table and adds to
knowledge in some way and when a hypothesis is
proposed to be presented to elicit feedback from a
broader audience. This approach forms an integral part
of twenty-first century historiography and is meant to be
understood along with the trilogy of papers
encompassing core twenty-first century historiography,
namely Historiography by objectives, the core principles
of twenty-first century historiography, and
Anthropological historiography, which have already
been published by us in various peer-reviewed journals.
This approach is therefore complementary and
supplementary to the aforesaid papers, and takes the
principles presented therein to their logical conclusion.
This paper presents and articulates the art
and the science of Qualified Historiography, that is,
History-writing in cases of uncertainty and unreliability
of the narrative– where narratives are not absolute or
certain, based on hypotheses, need to be refined and
recast, and therefore also need to be qualified. This is a
practical and immeasurably useful approach that allows
readers to sift the grain from the chaff, and cull the
essence without jettisoning the meat. It can be used in
many different cases, for example, when research is still
underway, when data is incomplete, when it is intended
to be used by one or more researchers as a platform for
other researchers to contribute to nascent and budding
ideas, when it brings some value to the table and adds to
knowledge in some way and when a hypothesis is
proposed to be presented to elicit feedback from a
broader audience. This approach forms an integral part
of twenty-first century historiography and is meant to be
understood along with the trilogy of papers
encompassing core twenty-first century historiography,
namely Historiography by objectives, the core principles
of twenty-first century historiography, and
Anthropological historiography, which have already
been published by us in various peer-reviewed journals.
This approach is therefore complementary and
supplementary to the aforesaid papers, and takes the
principles presented therein to their logical conclusion.