TY  - BOOK
AU  - de Jong,Steffi
TI  - The Witness as Object: Video Testimonies in Holocaust Museums 
SN  - 9781785336430
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Art / Museum Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Arts
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - Today more than ever before, the historical witness is now a “museum objectâ€_x009d_ 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 “musealisationâ€_x009d_ of testimony, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/64960db4-5ab2-4079-af9d-f8d627f94e7c
ER  -