[Commlist] Ethical Challenges and Collaborative Futures in Digital Investigations symposium

Patrick Smith <(patrickbriansmith /at/ GMAIL.COM)> is sharing details of an 
upcoming symposium on November 27th 2024 at the Architekturmuseum der 
TUM, Munich, which is connected to the current exhibition “Visual 
Investigations: Between Advocacy, Journalism, and Law."

https://www.architekturmuseum.de/en/events/vi-panel-discussion/

Digital investigatory practices—also called ‘open source investigation’ 
(OSI)—have arguably democratised investigative practices across 
journalism, human rights law, and new media. It’s opened up 
possibilities for citizens and activists to pursue human rights 
violations and broader forms of corporate and political violence. But at 
the same time, as OSI becomes more established, significant challenges 
are emerging. A range of voices have warned that OSI practices risk 
dividing those who create content and those who analyse it. They argue 
that the investigators invariably shape—and ultimately take ownership—of 
the analysis and narrative of a particular investigation, rather than 
those individuals who captured, or featured in, the footage. The agency 
of those who are materially affected by harm and violence may therefore 
be suppressed; they are often sidelined within the process.

This symposium aims to confront these concerns, examining how emergent 
solidarity-based, feminist, and decolonial approaches to OSI practice 
might help to cultivate forms of collaboration between advocates that 
can support local accountability efforts in ways that bridge the divide. 
At the same time, it will ask what the impact might be of such a move 
for national and legal processes in their increasing reliance on OSI. 
Does law use or abuse those whose experiences are captured by OSI?

Speakers include Patrick Brian Smith (University of Salford), Hadi Al 
Khatib (Mnemonic), Adebayo Okeowo (WITNESS), Nishat Awan (University 
College London), Ekin Urgen (Human Rights Watch), Başak Ertür 
(Goldsmiths), Andrew Williams (University of Warwick), and Sarah Bulmer 
(University of Exeter).

The symposium is a collaboration between Patrick Brian Smith (University 
of Salford), Andrew Williams (University of Warwick), and Lisa Luksch 
(Architekturmuseum der TUM).

The event is free and requires no registration.


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