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CHRDR Conference: October 2007 Human Rights Archives and Documentation: Meeting the Needs of Research, Teaching, Advocacy and Social Justice

Author:	Grace Lile   [ bio ]
Title:	Bearing Witness: Issues in Audiovisual Human Rights Documentation and Archiving
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Abstract: The use of video as a tool in human rights documentation, advocacy, and prosecution of justice is a relatively new development. WITNESS is a human rights organization founded on the premise that video can be a uniquely powerful and effective complement to more traditional mechanisms. Collection, curation and management of audiovisual documentation pose particular challenges for activists and archivists alike; this paper will describe how WITNESS addresses issues of consent, security, description, access, and rights within the context of an audiovisual human rights collection.