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Crimes in Archival Form

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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
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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 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.
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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
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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