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Crimes in Archival Form explores the many ways in which human rights "facts" are produced rather than found. Using Myanmar as his case study, Ken MacLean examines the fact-finding practices of a hu...
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01 March 2022

Crimes in Archival Form explores the many ways in which human rights "facts" are produced rather than found. Using 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 deepfakes, to undermine the credibility of those who document abuses and demand accountability in the court of public opinion and in courts of law. 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.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 300
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
01 March 2022
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520385405
Format: Paperback
Ken MacLean is a Professor at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University. He has more than two decades of experience researching state-sponsored violence, human rights violations, and conflict-induced displacement in Myanmar.
Contents
Acknowledgments and Dedication
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Terminology
Introduction
1. Pacifying Bodies
Histories of Preemptive Violence
2. Enslaving Bodies
Verbatim in Replicated Form
3. Starving Bodies
Visual Economies of Enumeration
4. Killing Bodies
Narrativity Transcribed
5. Investigating Bodies
The Recursive Logic of Citations
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments and Dedication
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Terminology
Introduction
1. Pacifying Bodies
Histories of Preemptive Violence
2. Enslaving Bodies
Verbatim in Replicated Form
3. Starving Bodies
Visual Economies of Enumeration
4. Killing Bodies
Narrativity Transcribed
5. Investigating Bodies
The Recursive Logic of Citations
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index