Communicating: Witnesses to History as Didactic Tools Exhibiting: The Witness to History as a Museum ObjectĬhapter 5. Collecting: Turning Communicative Memory into Cultural MemoryĬhapter 4. Genealogy: The Mediation of the Witness to History as a Carrier of MemoryĬhapter 3. The Witness to History: Conceptual ClarificationsĬhapter 2. The Witness as Object by Steffi de Jong isĪvailable open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) with support from Knowledge Unlatched. Subject: Museum Studies History: 20th Century to Present Media Studies Memory Studies Subject Codes ![]() Her publications include articles in the International Handbook of Museum Studies and WerkstattGeschichte. 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. Steffi de Jong is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cologne’s Institute for Contemporary History. With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time the new global phenomenon of the "musealization" of the witness to history, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits. They have also become important components in narrative and exhibition design strategies. In recent years, historical witnessing has emerged as a category of "museum object." Audiovisual recordings of interviews with individuals remembering events of historical importance are now integral to the collections and research activities of museums. Tamar Katriel, University of Haifa Description.“This excellent volume makes an original and timely contribution to the study of museums on the one hand, and to contemporary reflections on mediated witnessing on the other.” It offers an insightful analysis and an accessible point of entry into key debates around the function of testimony and the differences between communicative and cultural memory.” “This is an impressive and often powerfully written book. “In The Witness as Object, Steffi de Jong adds an important layer to discussions by offering a comparative perspective on video testimonies as museum objects that are part of a broader, ideological narrative…Although the focus of her work is on memorial museums…this research has implications for the analysis of many other museum types that utilize video testimonies in their dramaturgy…Navigating a vast array of theoretical literature…de Jong is able to offer a nuanced discussion of the ethical and theoretical dilemmas inherent in the use of video testimonies.” Whoever wants to learn about the role of eye witnesses in the Memorial Museum will not be able to ignore this study.” ![]() Her strength lies in categorizing, in reflection, and taking the debate about contemporary witnesses to a new level. “De Jong’s study is enriching and stimulating. View Cart Your country: - edit Recommend to your Library Available in GOBI® Reviews Sign up for our email newsletters to get customized updates on new Berghahn publications.Ĭlick here to select your preferences The Witness as Object Video Testimony in Memorial Museums Steffi de Jong Full Text PDF | Full Text ePUB Made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license with support from Knowledge Unlatched. Series Volume 10 Museums and Collections Email Newsletters
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