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Going Beyond Narration: Guided Tours at Concentration Camp Memorial Sites from a Linguistic Perspective

Abstract:In this article, guided tours for young people at concentration camp memorial sites are looked at from the perspective of a linguistic theory of action. The article demonstrates that guides process the knowledge and ideas of their hearers, giving them "access to memory" that conveys experience-based knowledge. This knowledge has entered the sphere of cultural memory, thus re-entering communicative memory. Special attention is paid to narrating: What characterizes this linguistic form of action, and to what extent do guides also make use of others? The article shows that they go far beyond narrating, e.g., in order to pass down their testimonies.