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In today’s digital world, photographs can be<br />
quickly taken, instantly seen and just as easily<br />
deleted, modified with filters or emailed to friends<br />
and colleagues around the world. Emergent<br />
technologies such as apps, and social networking<br />
platforms like Instagram and Snapchat provide<br />
further opportunities for photographs to be<br />
disseminated to previously unimagined audiences.<br />
However, it was not always so, and learning from<br />
archival photographs requires slowing down<br />
the learning process, at least a little, and asking<br />
probing questions about not only the origins of<br />
the photograph, but the context in which it was<br />
taken. This can be a valuable learning experience<br />
for enhancing soft skills such as inquisitiveness,<br />
creativity and empathy, as well as knowledge<br />
acquisition. Factors such as who may have taken the<br />
photograph, in which year was it taken, the setting,<br />
what is visible in the shot and conversely what may<br />
be missing, can all help place the photograph in<br />
its historical, societal and cultural contexts. Finally,<br />
considering why the photograph was taken and by<br />
whom, can assist in understanding what the viewer<br />
is looking at and the particular “gaze” that may be<br />
103 HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN PEDAGOGY, HISTORY, AND PRACTICE
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