Visitors to the House of Memory - Identity and Political Education At the Jewish Museum Berlin

As one of the most visited museums in Germany's capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity. Visitors to the House of Memory is an intimate exploration of how young Berliners experience the Museum. How do modern students relate to the museum's evocative architecture, its cultural-political context, and its narrative of Jewish history? By accompanying a range of high school history students before, during, and after their visits to the museum, this book offers an illuminating exploration of political education, affect, remembrance, and belonging.

List of contents

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Focus of the Research and Methodological Approach: The Research Question

Chapter 2. Memory, Political Education and the Positioning of the JMB: From Memory to Remembrance to Past Presencing

Chapter 3. Betroffenheit: The Museum Visit as an Embodied Memorial Experience

Chapter 4. The Visit as a Predominantly "Touristic" Activity

Chapter 5. Between Engagement, Playful Appropriation, and Exclusion

Chapter 6. Concluding Reflections: From the Museum as a Field Site to a More Inclusive Culture of Memory

Afterword

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Victoria Bishop Kendzia is a teaching fellow at Humboldt University, Berlin. Her publications include “‘Jewish’ Ethnic Options in Germany between Attribution and Choice: Auto-Ethnographical Reflections at the Jewish Museum Berlin” in the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. She completed her doctorate at Humboldt’s Institute of European Ethnology.

Summary

As one of the most visited museums in Germany’s capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity.

Product details

• Authors: BISHOP KENDZIA, Victoria Bishop Kendzia, Victoria Bishop Kendzia, Victoria Bishop Kendzia Kendzia
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781789208443
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-844-3
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Museums and Collections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; HISTORY / Jewish, ART / Museum Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Jewish Studies, Secondary Schools, Study & learning skills: general, Social and cultural anthropology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Study and learning skills: general, Extra-Curricular Activities, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Educational Visits & Field Trips