Since the mid-1980s, the structure of all major audiovisual Holocaust archives has rested on the conceptual triangulation of 'testimony', the 'witness', and 'survival'. The audiovisual testimony becomes the organising unit of the digital Holocaust archive and thus determines its serial logic. It fulfils the moral imperative of restoring the integrity of the survivor, yet by downplaying the survivor's social milieu it promotes an anachronistically individualistic understanding of his/her identity.
This webinar will discuss these conceptual problems and suggest a novel approach to Holocaust audiovisual archives, through the digital reconstruction of social networks. Read more>>
Tuesday 11 June 2024 | 3:00 PM CET
Speaker: Paris Papamichos Chronakis is Lecturer in Modern Greek History at Royal Holloway University of London where he teaches and researches on the history and memory of the Modern Mediterranean.
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Since the mid-1980s, the structure of all major audiovisual Holocaust archives has rested on the conceptual triangulation of 'testimony', the 'witness', and 'survival'. The audiovisual testimony becomes the organising unit of the digital Holocaust archive and thus determines its serial logic. It fulfils the moral imperative of restoring the integrity of the survivor, yet by downplaying the survivor's social milieu it promotes an anachronistically individualistic understanding of his/her identity.
This webinar will discuss these conceptual problems and suggest a novel approach to Holocaust audiovisual archives, through the digital reconstruction of social networks. Read more>>
Tuesday 11 June 2024 | 3:00 PM CET
Speaker: Paris Papamichos Chronakis is Lecturer in Modern Greek History at Royal Holloway University of London where he teaches and researches on the history and memory of the Modern Mediterranean.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85251053264?pwd=Q3Z1VktQbkcxMjQxOGkvdk5wNWlXZz09
Meeting ID: 852 5105 3264
Passcode: 578439