Data activism and meta-documentary in six films by Forensic Architecture
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2023
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Data activism –or data-centered campaigning, mobilization, and research– is a hybrid, shifting endeavor. Data activist organizations are currently exploring new tools and languages to communicate findings and influence judicial and political processes. However, it is the method of turning data into a film that sets Forensic Architecture (FA) apart from other data activist endeavors. This article employs ideas from social movement and documentary studies to examine six films produced and disseminated by FA. These documentaries expose official corruption relating to abuse and killings in Burundi, Israel and Palestine, Syria, and the Mediterranean. The analysis employs the lenses of data activism and the meta-documentary to think about how FA uses participatory strategies, involves victims and human rights organizations, places science and technology at the center of its narratives, generates counter-stories implicating new data agents and methods, and uses a new fora to influence court cases and change the status quo. Ultimately, it illustrates the potential for impact offered by hybrid forms of data activism.
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Activist documentary
Data activism
Meta-documentary
Witnessing
Data activism
Meta-documentary
Witnessing
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Gutierrez, M. (2023). Data activism and meta-documentary in six films by Forensic Architecture. Studies in Documentary Film, 17(1), 32-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2021.1908932