Art and Genocide: Home
Art is a diverse range or product of human activity that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
Articles
- Armenian Genocide Art as Evidence of its ExistenceThis paper explores the relationship between art and the Armenian Genocide, and how art can be used as evidence for the traumatic past of the Armenian people that was a result of these catastrophic events.
- Within the Box: Cross-Cultural Art Therapy With Survivors of the Rwanda GenocideThis article discusses the creative making of boxes as a cross-cultural art therapy intervention in Kigali, Rwanda, with survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide
Books & eBooks
Art from the Ashes by Art from the Ashes provides the most far-reaching collection of art, drama, poetry, and prose about the Holocaust ever presented in a single volume.
Art from Trauma by Art from Trauma: Genocide and Healing beyond Rwanda explores the possibility of art as therapeutic, capable of implementation by mental health practitioners crafting mental health policy in Rwanda.
Art of the Holocaust by The horrors of the Holocaust and the Jews' indomitable struggle to survive is reflected in art work created in or depicting ghettos and transit, POW, and concentration camps
Sifting Through Ashes by In August 2015, Robert Miller and Bruce Gendelman toured sites of the Holocaust's atrocities. This is their effort to capture what they experienced, and an attempt, in some small way, to make sense of how the Holocaust happened.
State of Deception by State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda documents how, in the 1920s and 1930s, the Nazi Party used posters, newspapers, rallies, and the new technologies of radio and film to sway millions with its vision for a new Germany--reinforced by fear-mongering images of state "enemies."
Dissertations
- Teaching about genocide: A cross-curricular approach to art in historyHow do educators use a variety of forms of representation to teach the complexities of genocide? What were the experiences of student-participants and participant-educators engaged in this curriculum? What types of meaning can be gleaned about genocide education by employing a variety of forms of representation? What meanings can students demonstrate about genocide by using a variety of forms of representation?
Web Resources and Sites
- USHMM Teaching Materials on PropagandaThese lesson plans explore how propaganda and hate speech were used by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Lessons encourage critical thinking about the effects of propaganda on people and society.
- Teaching the Holocaust using ArtFocusing on three individual artworks, Elsby demonstrates how exploring the artistic aspects of each painting, together with the context in which they were created and the questions they raise, combine to deepen our understanding of the Holocaust as a human event.
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