In August a video showing what appeared to be the cold-blooded execution of Tamils by Sri Lankan soldiers was released by the group Democracy in Sri Lanka and aired on Channel 4 news in the UK. Dan Verderosa has an excellent blog post on the Hub (“Should You Believe Your Eyes? Allegations of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘ethics’
October 12, 2009
Archival access: ethics, rights, obligations
Access is a primary archival value, driven by many things: legal or organizational mandates, copyright, available technology and resources, a deep-seated belief that access to information is the foundation of a free and educated society, and, in fact, a right. With human rights materials the challenges are particularly acute, sometimes pitting personal safety, [...]
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.)
September 4, 2008
SAA2008: A few final notes
Back from SF, to the office, first day of school, general fall craziness. I want to post just a couple of other notes re SAA before I move on to other topics.
The session “Returning Displaced Archives: Legal and Ethical Perspectives” moderated by Trudy Peterson. The panelists, to whom scenarios (hypothetical and [...]
August 29, 2008
SAA2008: Meaning, Justice and John Dean
I started the day with “What, Why, How? Archival Meaning in a R/Evolutionary Age” which featured three excellent papers exploring meaning, purpose and collective identity for archivists. I especially liked Scott Cline’s paper which explored what he called “archival being” the core values of which are faith, radical self-understanding, intention, and integrity; and illustrated [...]
August 22, 2008
SAA2008
I will be in San Francisco all of next week for the Society of American Archivists annual meeting. Of particular note: Global Issues Forum on “Archival Ethics and Social Justice: What is our Professional Responsibility?” Consisting of panelists and open discussion, the forum will begin by considering the “Key Propositions and Questions,” presented [...]
