I got to admit what I`m about to propose sounds ambitous and greedy. But I think I might have some ideas about how to make this all fun, light and still very worthwhile in the end.
1) Let's not be just another history publication. There is so much that needs to be done to bridge the gap between what historically-trained students like us know and what the general public/those who no longer pursue history because of practical constraints need to know for its/their own good. Professional publications do what they do. We should do what they cannot/will not/do not do well enough.
2) Full finished pieces are fine but they are also taken care of by other channels. Orphaned ideas and vital aspects of the past and present we observed without telling anyone will die forever if no one adopts them and keep them alive. I`m more for concentrating on such rescue missions- tragedy prevention that no one else does well enough. E.g. No one will remember that the PAP had found a way to build a more open and inspiring society if the "consensus-building style of government (1984-91)" and the "Swiss standard of living" discourses- the program for our future- are totally removed from popular memory. The young are now very cynical about the potential of our political system to evolve largely because they do not know that a PAP
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