Data and documentaries: methodological hybridizations in activism
| dc.contributor.author | Gutiérrez Almazor, Miren | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-05T11:52:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-05T11:52:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-10-01 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2025-11-05T11:52:42Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hybridization permeates all fields of communication: documentaries are no exception. One example is The Left-to-Die Boat by Forensic Architecture (FA), an audio-visual account of how 63 refugees lost their lives in 2011 when their ship was adrift in the waters of Libya. The Left-to-Die Boat combines documentary techniques with data analysis and visualizations to expose a tragedy, change migration policies and sustain court cases. Based on critical data and documentary studies, this article inspects the methodological hybridization proposed by FA in six documentaries. The questions are: how does FA hybridize? What are the outcomes of this hybridization? What is hybridization today? The analysis links these documentaries’ characteristics with functions and outcomes, offering a taxonomy that can be employed beyond this study. The findings indicate that activism is taking multidimensional forms, blurring the boundaries separating documentaries, data science and art in search of impact. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gutiérrez Almazor, M. (2020). Data and documentaries: methodological hybridizations in activism. Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies, 12(2), 315-332. https://doi.org/10.1386/CJCS_00035_1 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1386/CJCS_00035_1 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1757-1898 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/4283 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Intellect | |
| dc.rights | © 2020 Intellect Ltd | |
| dc.subject.other | Activism | |
| dc.subject.other | Big data | |
| dc.subject.other | Documentary | |
| dc.subject.other | Human rights | |
| dc.subject.other | Hybridization | |
| dc.subject.other | Methodologies | |
| dc.title | Data and documentaries: methodological hybridizations in activism | en |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dcterms.accessRights | metadata only access | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 332 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 2 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 315 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 12 |