Mobilising bodies, narrating security: tourist choreographies at Jerusalem's Holocaust History Museum

Memorials and museums commemorating war and atrocity mobilise visitors into narratives about security and sovereignty. The skilful architecture of Jerusalem's Holocaust History Museum steers international tourists and Israeli citizens into a choreography that evokes the Holocaust as experience...

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Published in:Mobilities 2018-03, Vol.13 (2), p.216-230
Main Author: Reeves, Audrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
affect
Aggression
choreography
Citizens
Freedoms
Holocaust
Landscape
memorial
Memorials
Mobility
Museums
Religious rituals
Security
Sovereignty
Tourism
Tourists
Victims
Violence
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Summary:Memorials and museums commemorating war and atrocity mobilise visitors into narratives about security and sovereignty. The skilful architecture of Jerusalem's Holocaust History Museum steers international tourists and Israeli citizens into a choreography that evokes the Holocaust as experience of radical insecurity and constrained mobility for Jewish victims. The visit reassuringly concludes with the establishment of the state of Israel, followed by familiar tourism rituals: beautiful panoramas, peaceful gardens, and souvenir shops. This ending constructs post-1948 experiences of mobility in Israel as characterised by security and freedom and obscures contemporary violence and unequal mobility/security landscapes in Israel and Palestine.
ISSN:1745-0101
1745-011X
DOI:10.1080/17450101.2017.1406688