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Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice Edited by Sandra Ristovska and Monroe Price A Palgrave/IAMCR Series IIIIIAAAAAMMMMMCCCCRRRRR AAIIEECCCCCSSSSS AAIIEERRII Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series Series Editors Marjan de Bruin HARP, Mona Campus The University of the West Indies Mona, Jamaica Claudia Padovani SPGI University of Padova Padova, Italy The International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR) has been, for over 50 years, a focal point and unique plat- form for academic debate and discussion on a variety of topics and issues generated by its many thematic Sections and Working groups (see http://iamcr.org/). This new series specifically links to the intellectual capital of the IAMCR and offers more systematic and comprehensive opportunities for the publication of key research and debates. It will pro- vide a forum for collective knowledge production and exchange through trans-disciplinary contributions. In the current phase of globalizing processes and increasing interactions, the series will provide a space to rethink those very categories of space and place, time and geography through which communication studies has evolved, thus contributing to identifying and refining concepts, theories and methods with which to explore the diverse realities of communication in a changing world. Its central aim is to provide a platform for knowledge exchange from dif- ferent geo-cultural contexts. Books in the series will contribute diverse and plural perspectives on communication developments including from outside the Anglo-speaking world which is much needed in today’s glo- balized world in order to make sense of the complexities and intercul- tural challenges communication studies are facing. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/15018 Sandra Ristovska · Monroe Price Editors Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice Editors Sandra Ristovska Monroe Price University of Colorado Boulder University of Pennsylvania Boulder, CO, USA Philadelphia, PA, USA Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series ISBN 978-3-319-75986-9 ISBN 978-3-319-75987-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75987-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018950515 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Aluminium Factory Ranshofen, September 1952. Taken by the United States Information Services in Austria, rights owned by the Austrian National Library This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland A cknowledgements This book emerged from a conference titled Honing the Visual: Evolving Practices in Human Rights Work at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in January of 2016. The conference was made possible by the Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund, the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Social Policy and Practice, the Scholars Program in Culture and Communication, Perry World House, Cinema Studies, CAMRA, Comparative Literature, the Center for Media, Data and Society at the Central European University and the American Austrian Foundation. Dean Michael Delli Carpini, Dean John Jackson, Prof. Barbie Zelizer, Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Briar Smith and Alexandra Esenler were among the key individuals who provided much-needed support and assistance that made this conference successful. The wonderful editorial team at Palgrave as well as Claudia Padovani and Marjan De Bruin, editors of the IAMCR/Palgrave series Global Transformation in Media and Communication Research, provided out- standing guidance that brought the book to fruition. Hans Petschar, Director of the Photo Archives and Graphics Department at the Austrian National Library, kindly assisted us in identifying the cover photograph (from the Library’s Marshall Plan archives) and facilitating its use. Alexandra Sastre with her expert eye for visual culture scholarship was an invaluable editorial assistant, while Leah Ferentinos and Fran Ferentinos put their excellent proofreading skills to work on several chapters. v vi ACkNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank them all for bringing this book to press. And last but not least, we acknowledge the efforts and patience of our contributing authors who made this book possible in the first place. c ontents 1 Images and Human Rights 1 Sandra Ristovska and Monroe Price Part I Technologies 2 50 Years of Documentation: A Brief History of the Audiovisual Documentation of the Israeli Occupation 15 Ra’anan Alexandrowicz 3 Drones, Camera Innovations and Conceptions of Human Rights 35 Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick 4 A Convergence of Visuals: Geospatial and Open Source Analysis in Human Rights Documentation 57 Christoph koettl 5 The Rise of GEOINT: Technology, Intelligence and Human Rights 67 James R. Walker vii viii CONTENTS 6 Technology’s Continuum: Body Cameras, Data Collection and Constitutional Searches 89 Rebecca Wexler Part II Platforms 7 Simon Srebnik: Narratives of a Holocaust Survivor 109 Christian Delage 8 Re-archiving Mass Atrocity Records by Involving Affected Communities in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina 131 Csaba Szilagyi 9 Communicating Justice in Film: The Limitations of an Unlimited Field 153 Nenad Golčevski 10 Photography as a Platform for Transitional Justice: Peru’s Case 165 Gabriela Martínez 11 Sexual Violence in the Field of Vision 185 Sharon Sliwinski 12 Art and Human Rights in the Constitutional Court of South Africa 203 Albie Sachs Part III Agents 13 A Change of Perspective: Aerial Photography and “the Right to the City” in a Palestinian Refugee Camp 213 Claudia Martinez Mansell CONTENTS ix 14 Contested Visualities: Courage and Fear in the Portrayal of Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas 229 Alice Baroni 15 Ubiquitous Witnessing in Human Rights Activism 253 Sam Gregory 16 Answering the Smartphones: Citizen Witness Activism and Police Public Relations 275 Mary Angela Bock 17 How Newsrooms Use Eyewitness Media 299 Claire Wardle Part IV Afterword 18 Imaginative Thinking and Human Rights 311 Sandra Ristovska
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