'The Masters of War': Finding ways to talk about the First World War today. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Connor, Peter
• Other Names: Mutch Carol guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Citizenship, social and economics education. Volume 16:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 199
• Page End: 208
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: First World War -- drama education -- mash-up; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Economics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Socialization -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Citizenship -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Periodicals; 372.83
• DOI: 10.1177/2047173417736905
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1478-8047

Abstract

This article sets out to challenge conventional descriptions and explanations of war and teaching about war. It draws on raw data from three qualitative arts-based projects to illustrate the complexity of cognitive and affective understandings of the place of war, past, present and future, through the jarring dissonance of 'mash-up' – a strategy that deliberately juxtaposes text from varying sources on top, around and side-by-side with other text. It is best read aloud – more than once.