{"id":1668,"date":"2025-09-23T11:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:53:53","slug":"philately-in-troubled-times-a-citizen-science-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/2025\/philately-in-troubled-times-a-citizen-science-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Postage Stamps as Public History &#8211; Philately in Troubled Times: A New Citizen Science Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1670 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--160x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--160x246.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--240x369.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--400x614.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--360x553.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1-.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>In April 2022 in the midst of war, thousands of Ukrainians queued up not for food or fuel, but for a postage stamp. One of them, Victor Fyodorovich, told Guardian reporter Luke Harding. \u201cI\u2019m 63 years old. I\u2019ve never felt so much pride before in our nation. It\u2019s a symbol of our courage and steadfastness\u201d. The stamp that provoked such strong emotions showed a Ukrainian soldier giving the finger to a Russian cruiser, a representation of a real event which the country\u2019s president declared on Instagram \u201ceveryone has to get\u201d. Social media ensured that news of the stamp spread across the world and it became the philatelic \u201cmust have\u201d of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<strong>Philately in Troubled Times<\/strong>\u2019 is designed to enhance our understanding of how postage stamps have and continue to play a vital role in shaping national identity through their commemoration of historical events. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/people\/david-dean\/\">Professor David Dean<\/a> is principle investigator of this SSHRC-funded project. The objective is not only to generate new knowledge for the scholarly community but to<br \/>\nbridge the gap between academic scholarship and the very large, and increasingly diverse, global<br \/>\ncommunity of philatelists and stamp collectors by embracing broader strategies of knowledge<br \/>\nmobilization. By demonstrating the value of applying historical theories and methods to<br \/>\nphilately, the project aims to encourage collectors to think more critically about what is being<br \/>\ncommemorated on stamps, how this came about, and the motivations behind collecting and<br \/>\nexhibiting. The goal is to establish trust, discussion, and dialogue by producing historical work \u2013<br \/>\na global database, checklists, case-studies &#8211; that will excite collectors, make an original<br \/>\ncontribution to historical knowledge, and constitute a critical intervention in the field of public<br \/>\nhistory through by adopting a \u201ccitizen science of the past\u201d approach. Ultimately, we hope this<br \/>\nwill lead to future community-scholarly collaborations and co-productions in Canada and<br \/>\nbeyond.<\/p>\n<p>In Spring 2025 Carleton graduate students Declan Da Barp (EURUS), Charlie Ham (Public<br \/>\nHistory), Charlotte Johnson (Public History), Joy Karinge (African Studies), Trevor Peeters<br \/>\n(EURUS), Patricia Rousell (Public History), and Jamie Wood (Public History) created the first<br \/>\nspreadsheet identifying the first historical commemorative stamps issued by every country in the<br \/>\nworld, past and present. Between October 2025 and June 2026 the spreadsheet will be analyzed<br \/>\nby the project team, transformed into an interactive database, and work will begin on a number<br \/>\nof case studies. The team\u2019s work will be facilitated by Project Manager Anna Kozlova, a PhD<br \/>\ncandidate in the Department of History.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1669 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp-pic-1-of-2--240x359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp-pic-1-of-2--240x359.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp-pic-1-of-2--400x599.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp-pic-1-of-2--160x239.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp-pic-1-of-2--360x539.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp-pic-1-of-2-.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1670 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--240x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--240x369.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--400x614.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--160x246.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1--360x553.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ccph\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monument-pic-1-.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2022 in the midst of war, thousands of Ukrainians queued up not for food or fuel, but for a postage stamp. One of them, Victor Fyodorovich, told Guardian reporter Luke Harding. \u201cI\u2019m 63 years old. I\u2019ve never felt so much pride before in our nation. It\u2019s a symbol of our courage and steadfastness\u201d. 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