Beyond the memory: the era of witnessing – analyzing processes of knowledge production and memorialization of the Holocaust through the concepts of translocal assemblage and witness creation

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dc.contributor.authorGerber, Myriam Bettina
dc.contributor.supervisorBoudreault-Fournier, Alexandrine
dc.contributor.supervisorSchallie, Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-09T20:42:18Z
dc.date.available2016-05-09T20:42:18Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-05-09
dc.degree.departmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Program
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Germanic Studies
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Germanic and Slavic Studies
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers the symbiotic relationship between iconic visual representations of the Holocaust – specifically film and Holocaust sites – and processes of Holocaust memorialization. In conjunction, specific sites and objects related to the Holocaust have become icons. I suggest that specific Holocaust sites as well as Holocaust films can be perceived as elements of one and/or multiple translocal assemblage/s. My focus in this analysis is on the role of knowledge production and witness creation in Holocaust memorialization. It is not my intention to diminish the role of Holocaust memorialization; rather, I seek to look beyond representational aspects, and consider the processual relationships involved in the commemoration of the Holocaust in institutions, such as memorial sites and museums, as well as through elements of popular culture, such as films. Furthermore, I analyze the tangible and intangible layers of memories and meaning present in Holocaust films and sites through the lens of palimpsests. These conceptual frameworks allow me to consider how visual representations of the Holocaust, such as film, and site inform each other? How are specific representations of Holocaust sites and objects shaping and informing the commemoration of the Holocaust in the 21st century?en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0326en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0335en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0751en_US
dc.description.proquestemailmyriamt@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7294
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectHolocaust memoryen_US
dc.subjectHolocaust sitesen_US
dc.subjectHolocaust filmen_US
dc.subjectHolocaust commemorationen_US
dc.subjectHolocaust victimsen_US
dc.subjectTranslocal assemblageen_US
dc.subjectPalimpsestsen_US
dc.subjectCremationen_US
dc.subjectAshesen_US
dc.subjectMemorialsen_US
dc.subjectPolanden_US
dc.subjectAuschwitz-Birkenauen_US
dc.subjectTreblinkaen_US
dc.subjectPlaszowen_US
dc.subjectShoahen_US
dc.subjectSchindler's Listen_US
dc.subjectSonderaktion 1005en_US
dc.subjectSonderkommandoen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge productionen_US
dc.subjectWitness creationen_US
dc.titleBeyond the memory: the era of witnessing – analyzing processes of knowledge production and memorialization of the Holocaust through the concepts of translocal assemblage and witness creationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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