Europe’s East, the Second World War, and the Holocaust: A Transnational Education Project
lead by Sara Jones and Maija Spurina
As part of a larger team, members of Working Group 3 of the Slow Memory Action have been exploring the connection between memory of the Holocaust and Second World War and attitudes towards different groups.
Their preliminary survey findings indicate that there is a correlation between how participants think about the Second World War (especially its victims) and antisemitism. We can see this as related to an embedded memory of uncomplicated Eastern European victimhood.
In this context, we want to bring to the surface and engage young people in some of the complex histories of the region.
In line with the slow memory ethos, our student competition asks students to use creative cartography to encourage a “slow” approach to these pasts. Creative cartography allows exploration of the various accumulated layers of memory through collage, the use of superimposed layers, and strata of paint. It is an activity that relies on slow and creative research and practice. It fosters reflection on the connections between historical events, geographical and social space, and subjective experiences of time.
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