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Video as Evidence: Mini Guides
Witness (2016), 32 pp.
Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights Practitioners
Cambridge: University of Cambridge (2016), 35 pp.
"This paper examines the role of open source research in human rights fact-finding and seeks to address a gap in the current literature, which lacks a human rights perspective, is dominated by journalistic approaches, or focuses on specific tools. It focuses on citizen media, the visual subset of op
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Der Film Hara Harwaa Reihaby von Emma Chodzaa als Instrument der staatlichen Beeinflussung des kollektiven Gedächtnisses in Abchasien
Frankfurt, Oder: Europa-Universität Vidriana, Bachelor Thesis (2016), 53 pp.
"Die Fallanalyse hat gezeigt, dass eine Erzählung vom Krieg 1992-93 propagiert wird, die einer abchasischen Version des Narrationsschemas 'Die Vertreibung von fremden Feinden' entspricht. Ein zentrales Element der Erzählung ist zudem, so ergab die Interpretation, eine betont positive Darstellung d
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Ctrl + Z: The Right to be Forgotten
New York; London: New York University Press (2016), xiii, 269 pp.
"The central thesis of Crtl+Z is that a digital right to be forgotten is an innovative idea with a lot of possibilities and potential. The idea simply needs to be opened up, reframed, and restructured. The extreme options currently on the table limit the many ways to think about digital redemption a
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"This study is focused on the modalities of transmission of knowledge related to historical events. It focuses on a generation of young Czechs in the age of 12 – 25 years. The data were gathered during 11 focus groups that took place with students on each of the three levels of Czech formal educat
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Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form
Cambridge, Mass.; London: Belknap Press; Harvard University Press (2016), 359 pp.
"In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima's Ground Zero, comics display a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Investigating how hand-drawn comics has come of age as a serious medium for engaging history, Disaster Drawn explores the ways graphic narratives by d
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YouTube and Evidencing Warcrimes: The Role of Digital Video for Transitional Justice in Syria
Tidskriftet POLITIK, volume 19, issue 4 (2016), pp. 30-52
"The enormous collection of user-generated content (UGC) in the form of YouTube videos from the Syrian war provides an unprecedented and diverse collection of shared digital memories of conflict and violence. The central question of this article asks what the value is of UGC on YouTube for legal evi
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Völkermord in Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Der Kolonialkrieg (1904-1908) in Namibia und seine Folgen
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2016), 278 pp.
"The paper presents: A discussion of the methods used in memory studies, explaining how attention to questions of methodology has been limited in memory studies because much research has been more concerned with theoretical issues. The paper reflects on the methods from oral history, as well as othe
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Oral History Theory
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2016), xi, 238 pp.
"Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of oral history theory in an accessible format. The book is structured around key themes, including the peculiarities
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Memory in a Mediated World: Remembrance and Reconstruction
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 307 pp.
"Considering both retrospective memories and the prospective employment of memories, Memory in a Mediated World examines troubled times that demand resolution, recovery and restoration. Its contributions provide empirically grounded analyses of how media are employed by individuals and social groups
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Survival Media: The Politics and Poetics of Mobility and the War in Sri Lanka
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 133 pp.
"Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobility across borders." (Publisher description)
The Role of the Media in Transitional Justice
In: Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field
London; New York: Routledge (2016), pp. 265-276
"This chapter explores the role that the media plays in transitional justice settings where countries embark on a mission to redress past histories of atrocity. These accountability mechanisms will be reported on by the same media outlets that operated during times of repression and violent conflict
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Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies
London; New York: Routledge (2016), xxii, 546 pp.
"The Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies offers students and researchers original contributions that comprise the debates, intersections, and future courses of the field. It is divided in six themed sections: Theories and Perspectives; Cultural artefacts, Symbols and Social practices;
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Micro-Blogging Memories: Weibo and Collective Remembering in Contemporary China
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xiii, 242 pp.
"This book offers an in-depth account of social media, journalism and collective memory through a five-year analysis of Weibo, a leading Chinese micro-blogging platform, and prism of transitional China in a globalizing world. How does society remember public events in the rapidly changing age of soc
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Guía general para un viaje por la memoria histórica
Bogotá: Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica (2015), 32 pp.
"La presente Guía General de Maestros y Maestras es, ante todo, un documento de apoyo para acompañar a niñas, niños y jóvenes en un viaje por la memoria histórica del conflicto armado colombiano. Para tal efecto, ofrece información clave para que las y los profesores aprovechen al máximo los
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Media Reporting of War Crimes Trials and Civil Society Responses in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
University of Bedfordshire, Doctoral Thesis (2015), x, 301 pp.
"This study, which seeks to contribute to the shared-body of knowledge on media and war crimes jurisprudence, gauges the impact of the media’s coverage of the Civil Defence Forces (CDF) and Charles Taylor trials conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on the functionality of civil s
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Der europäische Bildersaal: Europa und seine Bilder - Analyse und Interpretation zentraler Bildquellen
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2015), 190 pp.
"Welche Bilder prägen unser Gedächtnis? Bilder nehmen im „visuellen Zeitalter“ eine herausragende Bedeutung für europäische Identität, Geschichtsbewusstsein und Geschichtskultur ein. 14 Bildquellen – Gemälde und Fotografien –, die in den aktuellen Schulgeschichtsbüchern europäischer
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Trauma and Public Memory
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xii, 231 pp.
"This collection of essays and interviews offers perspectives on traumatic experience from the social and public side of the equation. Like other books in the Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies Series, it is concerned with redressing the balance of public memory through a focus on what has been negle
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Ethical Guidelines: Using Eyewitness Videos in Human Rights Reporting & Advocacy
Witness (2015), 24 pp.
"The guide’s primary audience is investigators, journalists, advocates, archivists, and others who utilize eyewitness video for reporting, investigating, or documenting human rights issues. While the guide is primarily concerned with videos already produced, many of the ethical considerations disc
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