| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 11, 2022) |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Burma -- Case studies
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Crimes against humanity -- Burma -- Case studies
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Victims of violent crimes -- Burma -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
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Crimes against humanity
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Human rights
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Politics and government
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Victims of violent crimes
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| SUBJECT |
Burma -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Burma
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021037035 |
| ISBN |
0520385411 |
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9780520385412 |
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