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Witness of the Body
Author | : Michael L. Budde,Karen Scott |
Publsiher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2011-04-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802862587 |
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"Beginning with the persecution of early Christians by the Roman Empire, Witness of the Body explores the place of martyrdom in the church through all ages -- and into the future. Throughout, it reminds readers that Christian martyrdom is neither a quick ticket to heaven nor a cheap political ploy, but rather the firm and faithful witness of Christ's church in a hostile world."--From publisher description.
Museums and the Act of Witnessing
Author | : ROSS J. WILSON |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2021-10-21 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0367569515 |
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Museums and the Act of Witnessing examines how representations of traumatic histories and the legacies of the twentieth century in museums and heritage sites across the world shape political, social and cultural identities. Drawing on an interdisciplinary analysis of a variety of museum exhibitions around the globe, the book demonstrates how the narrative of 'witnessing' has shaped representation of war, genocide, repression and violence. Revealing that this form of presentation is inherently Western in its origins and nature, Wilson goes on to argue that witnessing the past is to colonise the future, as we project a certain view of the events of the past onto the present. Detailing the character, content and meanings of representation that focus on the traumatic events of the twentieth century, the book demonstrates the way in which visitors are cast as 'witnesses' and questions what the true purpose of witnessing really is. Museums and the Act of Witnessing draws attention to the fact that we have inherited a distinct, and often limited, mode of seeing the past and considers how we can more effectively engage with the past in the present. The book will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of museums, history, sociology, conflict, politics and memory.
Museums and the Act of Witnessing
Author | : Ross J. Wilson |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2021-10-20 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781000463293 |
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Museums and the Act of Witnessing examines how representations of traumatic histories and the legacies of the twentieth century in museums and heritage sites across the world shape political, social and cultural identities. Drawing on an interdisciplinary analysis of a variety of museum exhibitions around the globe, the book demonstrates how the narrative of ‘witnessing’ has shaped representation of war, genocide, repression and violence. Revealing that this form of presentation is inherently Western in its origins and nature, Wilson goes on to argue that witnessing the past is to colonise the future, as we project a certain view of the events of the past onto the present. Detailing the character, content and meanings of representation that focus on the traumatic events of the twentieth century, the book demonstrates the way in which visitors are cast as ‘witnesses’ and questions what the true purpose of witnessing really is. Museums and the Act of Witnessing draws attention to the fact that we have inherited a distinct, and often limited, mode of seeing the past and considers how we can more effectively engage with the past in the present. The book will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of museums, history, sociology, conflict, politics and memory.
Commonplace Witnessing
Author | : Bradford Vivian |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2017-06-13 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780190678364 |
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Commonplace Witnessing examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. The book encourages us to continue expanding and diversifying our normative assumptions about which historical subjects bear witness and how they do so. Commonplace Witnessing presupposes that witnessing in modern public culture is a broad and inclusive rhetorical act; that many different types of historical subjects now think and speak of themselves as witnesses; and that the rhetoric of witnessing can be mundane, formulaic, or popular instead of rare and refined. This study builds upon previous literary, philosophical, psychoanalytic, and theological studies of its subject matter in order to analyze witnessing, instead, as a commonplace form of communication and as a prevalent mode of influence regarding the putative realities and lessons of historical injustice or tragedy. It thus weighs both the uses and disadvantages of witnessing as an ordinary feature of modern public life.
Art as a Political Witness
Author | : Kia Lindroos,Frank Möller |
Publsiher | : Verlag Barbara Budrich |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2017-02-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783847409731 |
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The book explores the concept of artistic witnessing as political activity. In which ways may art and artists bear witness to political events? The Contributors engage with dance, film, photography, performance, poetry and theatre and explore artistic witnessing as political activity in a wide variety of case studies.
Witness to History
Author | : Rut Likhṭenshṭain |
Publsiher | : Gefen Books |
Total Pages | : 613 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0982494904 |
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Witness to History, a comprehensive book on the Holocaust aimed at both laymen and Jewish high school and college students, is unique in that it is a fully sourced, academically reliable history of the Holocaust, with particular emphasis on the experiences of religious Jews.
The Witness as Object
Author | : Steffi de Jong |
Publsiher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2018-01-31 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781785336430 |
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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.
The Care of the Witness
Author | : Michal Givoni |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2016-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107150942 |
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The Care of the Witness explores the historical shifts in the crises of witnessing to genocide, war, and disaster and their contribution to nongovernmental politics.