Evidence of Violence and Survival in Conflict

Covering Conflict

May 25

Written By IWPR

Using spatial and media analysis to investigate possible human rights violations.

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Ferwarti discusses the firm Forensic Architecture, which is based in England, to discuss how spatial and media analysis can be used to investigate possible human rights violations by state and corporate actors. Ferwarti discusses how his team collects hundreds, if not thousands, of videos taken by civilians and other actors in places that are hard to access (e.g. war zones) in order to build a complete image of what took place there and who was responsible for any possible atrocities. Ferwarti shows how effective this method can be by taking a look at three instances in which his team led such an investigation.

AUTHORS

Omar Ferwati is a researcher at Forensic Architecture, a research agency that uses architectural and spatial analysis together with open-source media to conduct human rights investigations.

Omar’s own research currently focuses on how civilians use architecture to survive urban warfare, particularly in Aleppo. He is contributing a chapter based on this work for a forthcoming book on reconstruction and violence.

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Languages: English

PRODUCED AS PART OF
DATAFEST TBILISI 2020