Redefinicja kategorii świadka i świadectwa. (Wokół rzeczy wykopanych na terenie miejsca-po-getcie w Warszawie)
Redefining the Witness and the Testimony: Reflections on Objects Excavated in the Warsaw Ghetto Area

Summary/Abstract: The need for witnessing in the aftermath of the Holocaust made it necessary to rethink the concept of subjectivity in terms of being a witness. Can objects-from-the-Holocaust be treated as special kinds of witnesses? And what are objects as witnesses? Can we even consider them to be “witnesses”, given that the essence of a witness is the manifestation of a unique, individual, and most importantly, human subjectivity, while the act of witnessing has an existential and ethical dimension? In the context of thinking about objects-from-the Holocaust, the traditional notions of witness, witnessing and testimony need to be rethought. Here, Leociak argues, we should aim to broaden the categories of life and subjectivity to include the inorganic objects.

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