Abstract

With the inclusion of the digital in the suite of on-site interpretation experiences now available at many war memorials, long-standing tensions between education, commemoration and tourism are amplified. At the same time, new regimes of bodily experience shaped by the interaction of architectural and digital technologies, evolving expectations of behaviour and engagement, and challenges to curatorial voices have come to the fore. This paper examines these issues at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne by exploring the interaction between various “technologies of remembrance”: the active participation of the material world in eliciting remembrance. We argue that these technologies, aiming to “teach memory,” are an attempt to position the visitor as a “witness”: an active participant in the ongoing work of memory, and possibly create spaces for critique.

摘要

随着许多战争纪念馆现在提供的现场口译体验套件中包含数字技术，教育、纪念和旅游之间长期存在的紧张关系被放大。与此同时，由建筑和数字技术的相互作用、对行为和参与的不断变化的期望以及对策展声音的挑战所塑造的新的身体体验机制已经脱颖而出。本文通过探索各种“纪念技术”之间的相互作用，探讨了墨尔本纪念神殿的这些问题：物质世界在引发纪念中的积极参与。我们认为，这些旨在“教授记忆”的技术试图将参观者定位为“证人”：积极参与正在进行的记忆工作，