RT Book
T1 Crimes in archival form: human rights, fact production, and Myanmar
A1 MacLean, Ken
LA English
PP Oakland,California
PB University of California Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1772459216
AB Pacifying bodies : histories of preemptive violence -- Enslaving bodies : verbatim in replicated form -- Starving bodies : visual economies of enumeration -- Killing bodies : narrativity transcribed -- Investigating bodies : the recursive logic of citations.
AB "Crimes in Archival Form explores the many ways in which human rights "facts" are produced rather than found. With Myanmar as his case study, Ken MacLean examines the fact-finding practices of a human rights group, two cross-border humanitarian agencies, an international law clinic, and a global NGO-led campaign. Foregrounding fact-finding, in critical yet constructive ways, prompts long overdue conversations about the possibilities and limits of human rights documentation as a mode of truth-seeking. Such conversations are particularly urgent in an era when the perpetrators of large-scale human rights violations exploit misinformation, weaponize disinformation, and employ outright falsehoods, including deep fakes, to undermine the credibility of those who document abuses and demand accountability in the court of public opinion and in courts of law. To respond to such attacks, MacLean compels practitioners and scholars alike to be more transparent about how human rights "fact" production works, why it is important, and when its use should prompt concern"--
NO Tabellen
NO Literaturangaben Seite 225-247
NO Lieraturhinweise Seite 249-278
NO Register Seite 279-284
CN JC599.B932
SN 9780520385382
SN 9780520385405
K1 Human Rights : Burma : Case studies
K1 Crimes against humanity : Burma : Case studies
K1 Victims of violent crimes : Burma : Case studies
K1 Menschenrecht
K1 Menschenrechtsverletzung
K1 Information und Dokumentation
K1 Unmenschlichkeit
K1 Menschenrechtsorganisation
K1 Dokumentation
K1 Burma : Politics and government : 21st century
K1 Myanmar