30 Oct Mapping the Dead in Ethiopia
Update | WITNESSMapping the Dead is a public database tracking Oromo people killed in Ethiopia by security forces. This is the second post in our Curate for Justice series.
Mapping the Dead is a public database tracking Oromo people killed in Ethiopia by security forces. This is the second post in our Curate for Justice series.
Review these critical questions before designing a platform for curating eyewitness footage of human rights abuses.
As archives start to collect, provide access to, and present social media collections, many ethical issues arise that need to be addressed.
In 2013, the Human Rights Channel curated nearly 2300 videos from 100 countries. Collectively, they reveal not only *what* citizen journalists filmed this year, but *how* that video was seen and used.
With more witnesses from more regions equipped to document their communities, how can we in the human rights, media, and technology fields help realize the potential of citizen reporters?