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The witness as object : video testimony in memorial museums / Steffi De Jong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jong, Steffi de, 1984- author.
- , Knowledge Unlatched, Author.
- Series:
- Museums and collections ; Volume 10.
- Museums and Collections ; Volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video tapes in historiography.
- Oral history.
- Historical museums--Exhibitions.
- Historical museums.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Collective memory.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews--Historiography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- The witness as object : video testimony in Holocaust museums
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Steffi de Jong is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cologne's Institute for Contemporary History. She obtained her doctorate from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and has held positions at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin and Maastricht University. Her publications include articles in the International Handbook of Museum Studies and WerkstattGeschichte. Steffi de Jong is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cologne's Institute for Contemporary History. She obtained her doctorate from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and has held positions at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin and Maastricht University. Her publications include articles in the International Handbook of Museum Studies and WerkstattGeschichte.
- Summary:
- Today more than ever before, the historical witness is now a “museum object” in the form of video interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance. Such video testimonies now not only are part of the collections and research activities of museums, but become deeply intertwined with narrative and exhibit design. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time this new global process of “musealisation” of testimony, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Witness to History: Conceptual Clarifications
- Chapter 2. Genealogy: The Mediation of the Witness to History as a Carrier of Memory
- Chapter 3. Collecting: Turning Communicative Memory into Cultural Memory
- Chapter 4. Exhibiting: The Witness to History as a Museum Object
- Chapter 5. Communicating: Witnesses to History as Didactic Tools
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781785336447
- 1785336444
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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