Entries from January 2010

January 27, 2010

New Tactics dialogue on human rights documentation

Documenting Violations: Choosing the Right Approach is an online dialogue being facilitated by New Tactics in Human Rights, beginning today and running through February 5, 2010. From NT:
“This dialogue will feature practitioners that have developed database systems to document human rights violations, organizations on the ground documenting violations, and those that are training practitioners [...]

January 4, 2010

‘Archives Power’ virtual reading group

I’ve mentioned the book Archives Power: Memory, Accountability and Social Justice by Rand Jimerson on this blog on a few occasions but haven’t had a chance to post about it at any length.
Luckily, Kate Theimer of ArchivesNext is convening a group read of the book beginning January 11, the site for which is [...]