The Environmental History of the Holocaust

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6197042
AutoresJacek Małczyński (0000-0002-3616-2103, University of Wrocław), Ewa Domańska (0000-0003-0875-976X, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, autor de correspondencia), Mikołaj Smykowski (0000-0002-8893-2974, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Agnieszka Kłos (0000-0003-1947-046X, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland)
Año2020
Volumen22
Número2
Páginas183-196
Fecha de publicación2020-04-02
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Genocide Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1462-3528 • E-ISSN: 1469-9494
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14623528.2020.1715533
OpenAlexW3002400196
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

The introduction conceptualizes environmental history of the Holocaust as a subdiscipline of Holocaust studies. The authors approach this emerging field of research through the context of environmental humanities with its current interest in the Anthropocene, soil science, forensics, multispecies collectives, and explorations of relations between ecocides and genocides. Proposed approach considers post-Holocaust spaces and landscapes as specific ecosystems and examines relations between its actors (human and non-human) in order to show the Holocaust’s spatial markers and long-terms effects. The article outlines existing literature on the subject, identifies the central research problems and questions, and discusses sources and methods. The authors demonstrate that the environmental history of the Holocaust applies a hybrid methodology that uses methods from various disciplines with the aim of creating new theories and interpretive categories and thus should be considered complementary to existing approaches in Holocaust studies. The authors follow the methodological principles of grounded theory in generating new concepts and seeking multidisciplinary methods for explaining nature’s role in the Holocaust and how Holocaust has changed nature. The authors claim that environmental history of the Holocaust broadens Holocaust studies as a field of research and opens up new questions concerning relations between nature and extermination in order to provide a more holistic perspective for exploring the relationship between culture and nature, genocide and ecocide. The approach proposed here shows Holocaust and post-Holocaust landscapes in terms of ecological/natural heritage, which might influence the way these spaces are commemorated, conserved and preserved, as well as used for tourist purposes

Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Genocide · Political science · Social science · Sociology · The Holocaust · Archaeological Research and Protection · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy

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