Houses of Darkness

Rob van der Laarse (Participant)

Art and Culture, History, Antiquity

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop › Societal

Description

Whose memories and histories should European heritage sites such as Bergen-Belsen, Falstad or Westerbork represent? 8 Sept. 15:45-17:15 Zoom-session: ic-ACCESS 15.45 – Opening and outlines iC-ACCESS, Rob van der Laarse 16.00 – iC-ACCESS platform, Victoria Harrari 16.15 – 4DResearch Lab on the Westerbork Commander House application, Jitte Waagen 16.30 – SPECS Lab work on VR/AR visualisations of the BB, Westerbork and Falstad campscapes, Paul Verschure 16.45 – Q&A, end discussion Moderator: Rob van der Laarse Focusing on the prisoners and victims of war, European memorial centres have shared a widespread reluctance to integrate perpetrator histories in their narratives. Through different creative activities, using visual and audio media, the project “Houses of Darkness – Images of a Contested European Memory (HICE) explores how to deal with contested traces of history.

Period	7 Sept 2021 → 9 Sept 2021
Event type	Seminar
Conference number	1
Location	Levanger, NorwayShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

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Whose memories and histories should European heritage sites such as Bergen-Belsen, Falstad or Westerbork represent? Focusing on the prisoners and victims of war, European memorial centres have shared a widespread reluctance to integrate perpetrator histories in their narratives. Through different creative activities, using visual and audio media, the project “Houses of Darkness – Images of a Contested European Memory (HICE) explores how to deal with contested traces of history.