You have already know the historians supposed to be those researching and writing the history of our society. Our History, right? And we have been doing it pretty well. But what about the last history book that you have ever read. If you read one. Do you know who wrote it? Was he/she a historian? Probably not. I bet it was a journalist or someone but a historian.

And what does it mean?
It means that we, historians, are losing field.
That's right.

I know how hard it is to elaborate am academic research, or even a paper, either long or small. It takes time, months, years even, lots of reading and writing. Until we get it right. But who is going to read it? The academic pairs of ours? There's one odd thing in all of it. I have amazing professors at my university and even theirs papers are almost not read at all.

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Again I ask you.
Why is that?

I've been studying a little bit of public history the last couple of months and I discovered an amazing power. We do CAN be an academic historian and at the same time reach for the people in a way they all will understand and enjoy it. When I say "understand" I'm not saying that not academic are not able to read a paper or something like that. What I mean is completely diferente then that.

I believe we can write in a different way, in a different pattern for not academic people. Without those exhaustive list of bibliographical references and an quotes from authors to prove erudition. Because if they want to know that, they will seek for our papers and theses. Right?

But most of the time, they want to get to know things about history, or even they want to go a little deep (but not so deep) on thinking about the critics they read on newspaper, or watch on television about a war, a financial crisis or a medieval theme. And we can provide that. We have the knowledge to write that even better then some journalists. But what do we need to do? We must learn to stop think we have to write only to the academic pairs of ours and start to write for everybody else. It does not mean we have to write easier, because people are not stupid. But we have to change a little how our mind works. That's it.