That’s Gonna Leave a Mark: Positionality and Secondary Trauma in Researching Mass Killing and Genocide

• Published in: Journal of contemporary ethnography Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 374 - 396
• Main Author: Nelson, Todd H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Concentration camps; Genocide; Holocaust; Killing; Positionality; Social sciences; Tolls; Trauma; Vicarious trauma; Fieldwork; Ethnography; Secondary Trauma; Research; Mass Killing

In this article, I describe two fieldwork experiences dealing with traumatic subject matter: a three-month trip to the Russian Federation, researching the crimes of Stalin against the Soviet population, and a two-week odyssey across Poland, researching memorialization of the Holocaust as it occurred...