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Seeing human rights : video activism as a proxy profession
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- Summary
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"Explores the rise of video in human rights activism and in the wider context of journalism, the law, and advocacy"--
Details
- Creator
- Sandra Ristovska
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2021
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780262365406, 9780262542531, 9780262365390, 0262365405, 0262365391, 0262542536
- OCLC
- on1256586305
- Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Pennsylvania, 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Seeing Human Rights: Institutions, Agents, and Practices -- Institutional Context for Human Rights Video Activism -- Human Rights Video Activism as a Proxy Profession -- Methodology and Outline of Chapters -- 2. The Salience of Video as a Human Rights Tool -- Cultural History of Video Activism -- Video as a Unique Form of Knowledge -- The Policy Functions of Human Rights Video -- The Professionalization of Human Rights Video Activism -- 3. Human Rights Video in Journalism -- Journalism's Challenges, Human Rights Opportunities -- Human Rights Collectives as Journalists -- The Proxy Profession in Journalistic Contexts -- 4. Human Rights Video in Court -- Brief History of Images and the Law -- Video's Role at the ICTY -- The Visual Turn in the Law as an Opportunity for Human Rights Collectives -- The Proxy Profession and the Future of Legal Standards for Video -- 5. Human Rights Video in Political Advocacy -- Images in Institutional Politics -- The Turn to Video in Human Rights Advocacy -- Human Rights Video's Role in Political Advocacy -- How Human Rights Collectives Produce Videos for Political Advocacy -- The Proxy Profession in Political Advocacy Settings -- 6. The Proxy Profession and the Power of Human Rights Voices -- Human Rights Video as a Platform for Voice -- The Difficulties in Professionalizing Information Work -- The Future of the Proxy Profession -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Bibliography -- Index