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Human Rights Day Series: Resources for #Video4Change Activists
This Saturday marks Human Rights Day, a day to pause and celebrate the rights we all share in common (even though they are not always respected or upheld). It also marks an opportunity for us to reach people who perhaps don't think about human rights daily- as the mainstream media usually gives a few minutes of coverage to the topic.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
December 7, 2011
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Cameras, Livestreaming and Activism at Occupy Wall Street
Walking through the city of tents at Liberty Plaza, home of Occupy Wall Street, it is immediately striking how many cameras there are floating about. Pointing this out, filmmaker and member of the media working group, who goes by the name of Fix, jokes with me that it sometimes feels like Liberty Plaza is an “occupied surveillance machine.”
WITNESS
November 8, 2011
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The #Video4Change Community Honors Mohammed Nabbous
As many of you are aware, Mohammed Nabbous, or Mo, as he was known to many of those following his video stream and commentary on social media about events in Libya, was killed by sniper fire in Benghazi on Saturday, March 19th. If you're not yet familiar with Mohammed's work, I encourage you to read these remembrances of him on Global Voices Online and The Washington Post's BlogPost.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
March 25, 2011
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Sharing Truth
Two weeks ago I participated in a remarkable event, called Sharing Truth, an international forum convened in Vancouver under the auspices of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada.
WITNESS
March 16, 2011
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A Look Back at a (half) Year in Video For Change
You may recall that in mid-May we launched this blog. It's been just over six months now and I thought it would be useful to take stock of what we've accomplished since May and, of course, to look forward to what we hope to do in 2011 - with you.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
December 28, 2010
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The Documentation Affinity Group: Embedding Archive in Activism
The Documentation Affinity Group (DAG) is a small international peer-to-peer network of local action groups originally established by six NGOs in 2005 to consider the role of documentation in protecting and promoting human rights worldwide.
WITNESS
November 3, 2010
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Kate Doyle: “Archivists Can Be At the Heart of Accountability and Justice”
On October 27, the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, I spoke with Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America at the National Security Archive (NSA), about the Guatemala Project, the notion of the activist archivist and how archives can advocate for open societies.
WITNESS
October 29, 2010
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WITNESS’ Grace Lile wins 2010 Archival Achievement Award
Today is UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and so, particularly relevant to share the following great news: our Director of Operations, Grace Lile, has been awarded the 2010 Archival Achievement Award by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
October 27, 2010
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What Does the Open Video Movement Mean For Archives?
At the WITNESS Media Archive, we collect, document, preserve, and provide access to human rights videos. Each component in this archiving endeavor contributes to the creation of reliable and authentic records in support of advocacy, prosecution of justice, truthtelling, and historical understanding.
Yvonne Ng
October 6, 2010
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Archives for Change: Activist Archives, Archival Activism
In recognition of Archives Month (October) and UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (October 27), Archiving Human Rights will explore the theme of activism, in its myriad word forms and meanings, as it relates to archives and archivists.
WITNESS
September 29, 2010
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Thoughts on archives “fitting in”, and processing the Rainlake donation.
I have had the pleasure of interning in the WITNESS Media Archive for the past semester. I chose this internship because I hoped to put my Masters in Human Rights Studies and my Masters in Library Science to work in the video archive.
WITNESS
June 3, 2010
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Introducing the New WITNESS Blog
Welcome to the new WITNESS blog! As an organization, we've been blogging for about five years now, but now you can find it all in one place.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
May 12, 2010
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Reaching Out at AMIA
On November 4-7, I attended the Association of Moving Image Archivists’ (AMIA) Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Since AMIA is based in the US, and most of its conferences are held here, most attendees are American or Canadian.
Yvonne Ng
November 17, 2009
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AMIA 2009: random notes
We are back from the 2009 Association of Moving Image Archivists conference in St Louis, which concluded Saturday. By we I mean myself, my WITNESS co-archivist Yvonne Ng, and our phenomenal interns Michele DeLia, Teague Schneiter and Valentina Catena.
Yvonne Ng
November 11, 2009
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The magic of documenting documentation
Guest post from Sarah Van Deusen Philips: As the project coordinator for human rights at the Center for Research Libraries-Global Resources Network, my primary task is to engage with the life-cycle of human rights documents, which I do through our Electronic Resources Study. In this study, I am busy speaking to human rights field workers, […]
WITNESS
October 20, 2009
