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Understanding holocaust memory and education in the digital age: before and after Covid-19
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posted on 2023-06-10, 00:56 authored by Victoria Grace WaldenThis editorial introduces this special edition of Holocaust Studies, which reflects on how bringing concerns central to the fields of Digital Media, Communication and Cultural Studies to bear on Holocaust Studies raises significant questions that could help inform memory and educational initiatives for the future. The editorial contextualizes the increasing visibility of denial and distortion online within algorithmic, participatory, and gaming cultures, that have the potential to benefit memory activism as much as they draw attention to dangerous alternative rhetoric. Nevertheless, it also highlights a need to think more carefully about the complicity of educators, curators, and researchers in unethical digital practices. Before introducing the contributions to this special edition of Holocaust Studies, it then briefly reflects on some of the trends that Holocaust organizations adopted during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This special edition, perhaps, offers more questions than answers, but establishing the right questions is an important step towards expanding the disciplinary boundaries of ‘Holocaust Studies’, so that it is befitting of the digital age.
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Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and HistoryISSN
1750-4902Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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- Media and Film Publications
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Special issue: understanding Holocaust memory and education in the digital age: before and after Covid-19Full text available
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2021-09-13First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-10-11Usage metrics
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