Looking without Seeing: Visual Literacy in Light of Holocaust Photography

Autor/in	Busch, Christophe
Titel	Looking without Seeing: Visual Literacy in Light of Holocaust Photography
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 15 (2023) 1, S.147-165 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2041-6938
DOI	10.3167/jemms.2023.150108
Schlagwörter	Visual Literacy; Homicide; Photography; War; World History; Religious Discrimination + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Mord; Fotografie; Krieg; Weltgeschichte
Abstract	The Holocaust was one of the most photographed genocides of the twentieth century. Since 1945, images from the liberation of the camps were used as shaming and shocking instruments of visual denazification. Many decades later, these icons are still used in educational contexts such as school textbooks, exhibitions, and documentaries and are presented almost exclusively as mere illustrations and not as independent sources. By approaching the image as a source, this contribution reflects on the different ways of looking at and seeing Holocaust photography. By moving from a purely emotional and illustrative approach to a more integrated visual approach, the complex dynamics underlying the Holocaust and the timeless mechanisms of totalitarianism (victimization, perpetration, and implication) can be better understood. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01