Another interesting project announced recently, also with a significant web component, is the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center Archive. The archive was conceived by Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz, attorneys representing several Guantánamo detainees as well as professors of law at Seton Hall University; and co-directed by Michael Nash, director of NYU’s Tamiment Library. [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 22, 2009
Columbia seeking Web Collection Curator for human rights project
Columbia University Libraries has announced a grant-funded position to help develop infrastructure for web content collecting, including specifically in the area of human rights. Excerpt from the announcement:
“The incumbent will work closely a second web collection curator, selectors, archivists, digital projects staff, senior managers, scholars and individuals in human rights organizations around the world to [...]
July 14, 2009
Open Video Conference: follow-up
I was unfortunately unable to attend the OVC conference in last month, but here’s video of the session “Human Rights and Indigenous Media: Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities” featuring my colleagues Sam Gregory and Sameer Padania. And, from a blog post by Teague Schneiter on the Institute of Network Cultures site, with some interesting report-back. (Teague is actually interning here at WITNESS.)
