RT Book
T1 Crimes in Archival Form: Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar
A1 MacLean, Ken
LA English
PP Oakland
PB University of California Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1789443369
AB Crimes in Archival Form explores the many ways in which human rights "facts" are produced rather than found. Using 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 deepfakes, to undermine the credibility of those who document abuses and demand accountability in the court of public opinion and in courts of law. 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.
OP 284
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 323.09591
SN 9780520385412
K1 Dokumentation
K1 Menschenrechtsorganisation
K1 Unmenschlichkeit
K1 Information und Dokumentation
K1 Menschenrechtsverletzung
K1 Menschenrecht
K1 Electronic books
K1 Myanmar
K1 Myanmar : Menschenrechtsverletzung : Dokumentation