Holocaust Remembrance as ‘Civil Religion’: The Case of the Stockholm Declaration (2000)

Allwork, Larissa

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“…The relationship established between museums and audiences is a contractual one, based on the agreement to commit to 'keep the memory of the Holocaust alive.' This works to create the very foundation of what has been referred to as 'a civic religion' (Allwork 2015). Such commitment is made manifest in a range of educational exhibitions and initiatives which claim to place visitors at their centre, by inviting them to take a more active stance.…”

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Museum Activism

Janes¹,

Sandell²

2019

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Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was viewed by many within and beyond the museum community as inappropriately political and antithetical to fundamental professional values. Today, although the idea remains controversial, the way we think about the roles and responsibilities of museums as knowledgebased, social institutions is changing. Museum Activism examines the increasing significance of this activist trend in thinking and practice.At this crucial time in the evolution of museum thinking and practice, this ground-breaking volume brings together more than fifty contributors working across six continents to explore, analyse and critically reflect upon the museum's relationship to activism. Including contributions from practitioners, artists, activists and researchers, this wide-ranging examination of new and divergent expressions of the inherent power of museums as forces for good, and as activists in civil society, aims to encourage further experimentation and enrich the debate in this nascent and uncertain field of museum practice.Museum Activism elucidates the largely untapped potential for museums as key intellectual and civic resources to address inequalities, injustice and environmental challenges. This makes the book essential reading for scholars and students of museum and heritage studies, gallery studies, arts and heritage management, and politics. It will be a source of inspiration to museum practitioners and museum leaders around the globe.

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Museum Activism

Janes¹,

Sandell²

2019

140

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Bridging cultural studies and learning science: An investigation of social media use for Holocaust memory and education in the digital age

Manca¹

2021

Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies

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World War II Memory and Contested Commemorations in Europe and Russia

Yoder

2023

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Instrumentalization of the wartime past for political gain is the subject of this study of eleven World War II commemorations. Using a comparative, conceptually original approach, the book identifies the actors who manipulate memory surrounding wartime anniversaries, such as the bombing of Dresden and ceremonies to honor fallen soldiers and fascist collaborators. The cases of memory contestation span three geographic regions, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia, recognizing that each developed distinctive interpretations of the war and different patterns of memory politics. This empirically rich study reveals the grievances that motivate memory challengers and their strategies for shaping the commemoration discourses and rituals. The memory challengers’ toolkit includes varieties of emotional manipulation, subtle distortion, revisionism, and full-scale denial. The study finds that, while there are differences in context and strategy across cases and regions, there are also areas of convergence. Moreover, a memory challenge in one country can spill over into others with serious consequences for foreign relations. While Contested Commemorations deals with debates and narratives about events in the last century, its focus is on power, persuasion, and identity in the present.

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Holocaust Remembrance as ‘Civil Religion’: The Case of the Stockholm Declaration (2000)

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Museum Activism

Museum Activism

Bridging cultural studies and learning science: An investigation of social media use for Holocaust memory and education in the digital age

World War II Memory and Contested Commemorations in Europe and Russia

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