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Book SynopsisThis book explores the diverse range of practical and theoretical challenges and possibilities that digital technologies and platforms pose for Holocaust memory, education and research. From social media to virtual reality, 360-degree imaging to machine learning, there can be no doubt that digital media penetrate practice in these fields. As the Holocaust moves beyond living memory towards solely mediated memory, it is imperative that we pay critical attention to the way digital technologies are shaping public memory and education and research. Bringing together the voices of heritage and educational professionals, and academics from the arts and humanities and the social sciences, this interdisciplinary collection explores the practicalities of creating digital Holocaust projects, the educational value of such initiatives, and considers the extent to which digital technologies change the way we remember, learn about and research the Holocaust, thinking through issues such as ethics, embodiment, agency, community, and immersion. At its core, this volume interrogates the extent to which digital interventions in these fields mark an epochal shift in Holocaust memory, education and research, or whether they continue to be shaped by long-standing debates and guidelines developed in the broadcast era.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Defining the Digital in Digital Holocaust Memory, Education and Research.- SECTION I: (NEW) DIMENSIONS IN TESTIMONY.- Chapter 2: Virtually Part of the Family: The Last Goodbye and Digital Holocaust Witnessing.- Chapter 3: Realms of Digital Memory: Methodological Approaches to 360° Testimony on Location.- Chapter 4: The Production of German and Russian-Language Interactive Biographies: (Trans)National Holocaust Memory between the Broadcast and Hyperconnective Ages.- SECTION II: (WEB)SITES OF MEMORY.- Chapter 5: MEMOZE: Memory Places, Memory Spaces: ‘Glocal’ Holocaust Education through an Online Research Portal.- Chapter 6: Visualising Evidence and Landscapes of Atrocities: An Ethical Perspective.- Chapter 7: Active Learning in Digital Heritage: Introducing Geolocalisation, VR and AR at Holocaust Historical Sites.- SECTION III (VIRTUAL) MEMORY COMMUNITIES.- Chapter 8 Becoming the ‘Holocaust Police’? The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum’s Authority on Social Media.- Chapter 9 i-Memory: Selfies and Self-Witnessing in #Uploading_Holocaust (2016).- Chapter 10 Playing Pretend on Social Media.- Chapter 11 AFTERWORD: Digital Holocaust Memory Futures: Through Paradigms of Immersion and Interactivity and Beyond.
