Full Description
This book chronicles a professor's experience with a group of US undergraduate students at Holocaust memorials, museums, and sites of remembrance as part of a yearly Holocaust study abroad program to Germany and Poland. Narrated through a series of personal encounters, The Ethics of Teaching at Sites of Violence and Trauma synthesizes a concrete experiential teaching account - on issues ranging from trauma tourism to the ethics of spectatorship - with contemporary debates on Holocaust education. In doing so, this book seeks to offer a critical assessment on the possibilities and limitations of teaching at sites that were central to the planning and execution of the Holocaust.
Contents
1. The Problem with 'Being There'.- 2. 'I was there!' The Conjunction of Study Abroad and Dark Tourism.- 3. 'And now you are going to see something shocking':Atrocity Footage in Holocaust Education.- 4. 'We didn't know there was a women's camp': The Haunting Qualities of Ravensbrück.- 5. 'My Therapist told me not to visit Auschwitz': The Problem with Crisis Pedagogy.- 6. Conclusion: Looking back at a Holocaust Study Abroad Program.
