02846 am 22006613u 450 991026934830332120220712042413.01-78533-644-4(CKB)4100000003844733(MiAaPQ)EBC5398350(ScCtBLL)64960db4-5ab2-4079-af9d-f8d627f94e7c(EXLCZ)99410000000384473320180606d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe witness as object video testimony in memorial museums /Steffi De JongNew York ;Oxford :Berghahn,2018.1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) illustrationsMuseums and Collections ;Volume 101-78533-643-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.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.Museums and collections ;Volume 10.The witness as object :video testimony in Holocaust museumsVideo tapes in historiographyOral historyHistorical museumsExhibitionsHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Personal narrativesCollective memoryHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)HistoriographyHolocaust survivorsInterviewsHistoriographyvideo exhibitstestimonypublic memorypublic historyBergen-Belsen concentration campImperial War MuseumThe HolocaustYad Vashem ArchiveVideo tapes in historiography.Oral history.Historical museumsExhibitions.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Personal narratives.Collective memory.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Historiography.Holocaust survivorsInterviewsHistoriography.940.5318075Jong Steffi de1984-989998MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910269348303321The witness as object2264386UNINA