Memory, Collective Memory
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Dealing With the Past
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Holocaust
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Nazism
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War & Political Violence in Cinema
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Genocides
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Memory, Memorizing
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Trauma: Media Representation & Reporting
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Trauma, Coping with Trauma, Trauma Therapy
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Local History & Memory
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Transitional Justice
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Truth & Reconciliation Commissions
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Literature
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Photography
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Political Cartoons & Comics
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Antisemitism
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Historical Films
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Storytelling
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Perpetrators
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Romani People
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Archives
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Digital & Online Archives
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Colonial Legacies
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Visual Communication
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Textbooks, Textbook Development, Publishing & Research
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Comics, Cartoons, Caricatures
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War Reporting
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Cultural Identity
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Social Media
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Facebook
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Educational Games, Serious Games
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Society
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Right to be Forgotten
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Reconciliation Work
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
2
Wars & Political Violence in Arts & Literature
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Theatre for Development
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Visual Arts, Painting
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Weibo (Microblogging Website, China)
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Collective Memory: Disasters
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Gaming, Video Games
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Colonial Period
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First World War (1914-1918)
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Second World War (1939-1945)
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Slavery, Slaves
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Colonialism
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Drug Trafficking Reporting & Media Representation
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Diasporas
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Documentary Photography
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Politics
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Propaganda
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Interviewing (Qualitative Research Method)
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Sexual Violence & Abuse, Rape
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Planning & Implementation
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Media Repertoires
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Media Use: Families
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Book Publishing
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Children's Books & Literature
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Conflict Coverage: Children's Books & Educational Materials
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Youth Literature & Books
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Campaigning: Planning & Implementation
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Catholic Digital Media Presence & Online Communities
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Animated Cartoons, Animated Films
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Children & Childhood
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Educational Comics & Comics for Development
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Christian Press: Evangelical / Protestant & Others
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Conflict Coverage: Cinema & Audiovisual Media
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Film and Religion, Religion in Motion Pictures
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Religious Films
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Melodramas
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National Cinemas, National Film Production
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Television Programme & Format Trade
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Government Communication Strategies
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Community Radio Contents & Programming
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Soldiers
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War Crimes
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Transitional Justice Reporting
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Visual Anthropology
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Collective Identities & Media
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Cultural Heritage
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Foreign Cultural Policies & Cooperation
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Narratives, Narrative Structures
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Poetry
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Museums
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Development and Media
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Blogging, Blogs
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Telegram
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TikTok
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Instagram
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Artificial Intelligence
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Homeless People
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Reporting
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Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Famines: Media Representation & Reporting
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Audio Archives, Visual Archives, Media Archives
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Teaching & Teaching Methods
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Docusoaps & Scripted Reality Programmes
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Television Fiction
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Decolonial & Non-Western Approaches
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Good Practice Examples
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Indigenous Issues Reporting & Media Representation
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Indigenous Languages
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International Communication
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Africa: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Local Journalism
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Photojournalism
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Court Reporting & Media Representation of Judicial System
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Witnesses, Witness Testimonies
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Media, Mass Media
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media Literacy: Television
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Human Rights
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Human Rights Violations
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Forced Migration, Forced Displacement
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Migrants
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Perceptions & Attitudes Twards Migrants
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Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
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Colonial Photography
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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Political Change
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Imperialism
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Right-Wing Extremism
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Political Transition
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Political Communication
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Political Transition and Media
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University Radios
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Everyday Life
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Manipulation
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Judaism and Communication
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Mythology
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Government Crimes
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Disappeared People, Missing People
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Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Minorities
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Apartheid
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Families
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Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth, Adolescents
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"History textbooks are the only history books that the majority of people read in their lives. This article investigates the impact of history textbooks on young Chinese people’s understanding of their nation’s modern history, as revealed on the popular microblogging site SinaWeibo.We analysed p ... more
"The exhibition focuses on how young people envision their identities in their respective countries: what mental images do they collectively have about their life experiences. Thus, this project seeks to present collective memories from different parts of the world in an exhibition that will promote ... more

The Nanjing Massacre and the Making of Mediated Trauma

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2022), xviii, 235 pp.
"Drawing on cultural trauma theory, this book investigates how collective memory of the Nanjing Massacre [by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945] is fashioned in China and how the mass media, political power and public praxis jointl ... more
"This book is about postcolonial memory in the Netherlands. This term refers to conflicts in contemporary society about how the colonial past should be remembered. The question is often: who has the right or ability to tell their stories and who do not? In other words: who has a voice, and who is si ... more
"Social media platforms hold vast amounts of biographical data about our lives. They repackage our past content as ‘memories’ and deliver them back to us. But how does that change the way we remember? Drawing on original qualitative research as well as industry documents and reports, this book c ... more

Languages of Trauma: History, Memory, and Media

Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press (2021), xiv, 408 pp.
"This volume traces the distinct cultural languages in which individual and collective forms of trauma are expressed in diverse variations, including oral and written narratives, literature, comic strips, photography, theatre, and cinematic images. The central argument is that traumatic memories are ... more
"Konzentrationslager als virtuelle Realität. Digitale Repräsentationen des Holocausts und ihre Grenzen der Wahrheit. Wenn es um den Holocaust geht, werden die "Grenzen der Darstellung" seit den seit den 1990er Jahren ausführlich diskutiert. Neuere digitale Technologien wie AR, VR und verschiedene ... more
"Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationship between archives and human rights and discusses the emergence, at the international level, of the ... more

Holocaust & Peace: Lessons from the Past for the Future. A Practical Guide for Educators

Sarajevo: Post-Conflict Research Center;Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst;Educator's Institute for Human Rights (EIHR) (2021), 205 pp.
"During recent decades, the question of how societies deal with the past has received increasing attention from political actors, civil society and academia. Yet, dealing with the past continues to be a very controversial issue that causes polemic debates. This book contributes to a cross-regional a ... more

Memo: Multidimensional Remembrance Monitor. Study IV

Berlin: Foundation Remembrance Responsibility Future (EVZ) (2021), 44 pp.

Kino und Katharsis? Bilder vom Nationalsozialismus im deutschen Film

In: Aufarbeitung des Nationalsozialismus: Ein Kompendium
Magnus Brechtken (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2021), pp. 534-556

Remember Me: Memory and Forgetting in the Digital Age

Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2021), viii, 155 pp.
"[...] The past does not really exist: it is only a story we tell ourselves. But what happens when we tell this story not only to ourselves but also to our followers, when it is recorded not only on our social media pages but also on the pages of hundreds or thousands of others, making it something ... more

Aufarbeitung des Nationalsozialismus: Ein Kompendium

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2021), 718 pp.

Mitlaufen, zuschauen, mitfühlen: Holocaust-Erinnerung im Fernsehen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

In: Aufarbeitung des Nationalsozialismus: Ein Kompendium
Magnus Brechtken (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2021), pp. 506-533

From “Memory Wars” to a Common Future: Overcoming Polarisation in Ukraine

Arena;London School of Economics;Johns Hopkins University, SNF Agora Institute (2021), 95 pp.
"This project has explored the ways in which an independent, public service-spirited media could create content about historical issues that avoids playing into propaganda-driven divides, fosters a more constructive discourse around history and brings Ukrainians into a common national conversation. ... more
"Nichts scheint ferner zu liegen, als während einer Pandemie über Gedächtnis nachzudenken. Wir stecken noch mittendrin. Aber das gesellschaftliche Erinnern und Vergessen von Pandemien hat die Erfahrung von Covid-19 stark vorgeprägt. Praktiken des historischen Erinnerns, des Archivierens und Gede ... more
"[...] Im günstigen Falle bilden Bibliotheken, Archive, Museen, Forschungseinrichtungen und Medien mit digitalen Angeboten, geeignet kontextualisiert und erklärt, Anlaufpunkte der Orientierung und befördern den Diskurs über den Nationalsozialismus und die damit verbundenen abscheulichen Gräuelt ... more

Creating an Advocacy Campaign: A Toolkit for Memory Practitioners

Global Initiative for Justice Truth & Reconciliation (GIJTR) (2021), 69 pp.

Make it New: Using Media to Advance Advocacy

Global Initiative for Justice Truth & Reconciliation (GIJTR);International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) (2021), 61 pp.
"[...] this toolkit aims to support civil society generally, while explicitly accommodating the needs and contexts of the local partners that work with the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation. In this sense, it pays particular attention to creating and sharing advocacy campaigns ... more