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Departments >> Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology >> Department Sozialwissenschaften und Philosophie >> Institute of Political Science >>
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Digital Geographic Information for Monitoring Human Rights Violations: Challenges and Opportunities- Lecturers
- Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach, Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze, Prof. Dr. Blake Walker
- Details
- Masterseminar
Präsenz
2 cred.h, compulsory attendance, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
Master, Sprache Englisch, Teilnehmerzahl: 15 MA Politikwissenschaft + Master Human Rights; 15 Geographie; Im MA Politikwissenschaft anrechenbar als Freies Ergänzungsstudium & Schwerpunkt Digitaler Wandel
Time and place: Tue 14:15 - 15:45, 00.210
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- This interdisciplinary seminar is open for MA students in Political Science, MA students in Human Rights, and MA students in Geography. We expect interest in human rights and technical curiosity, but do not expect students to have prior expertise in digital monitoring of human rights violations.
Students of Political Science register via StudON. Students of the MA Human Rights register via the programme coordinator. Students of geography register via https://www.geographie.nat.fau.de/anmeldung-platzvergabe-lehrveranstaltungen-wintersemester-2021-2022/ .
Regular attendance, active participation in class (including exercises and presentations) and a written assignment are the requirements for completing the course.
- Contents
- International human rights NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have actively sought to engage with satellite imagery, crowd-based mapping and other forms of digital geographic information to investigate and document human rights abuses. Smaller organizations such as Bellingcat, Forensic Architecture, Mnemonic, Tactical Tech, WITNESS and others specialize in digital data, train investigative journalists and human rights activists to analyse said information, but also to produce it in the first place (notably videos and images). The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has recently published a new protocol, in collaboration with the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley, on digital open source investigations.
The exponential rise in digital data has undoubtedly increased the importance that such data play in human rights research, advocacy and accountability processes, especially when relevant geographic locations are difficult to access. This is particularly the case in the context of violent conflict or in highly repressive political systems, but it also applies to very remote areas that are difficult to reach for field research. At the same time, there remain many research and documentation challenges, not least ethical concerns. What can digital geographic information tell us about human rights around the world? And what does it not tell us?
In this interdisciplinary seminar, we will analyse recent developments in the use of remote sensing and user-generated open source data for human rights related research, advocacy and accountability. Participants will gain an overview of this quickly evolving field and also learn some basic data analysis skills to access digital geographic information themselves.
- Recommended literature
- • Alston, P. / Knuckey, S. (eds.): The Transformation of Human Rights Fact-Finding, New York: Oxford University Press 2016.
• Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations, OHCHR 2020. Available online: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/OHCHR_BerkeleyProtocol.pdf
• Dubberly, S./ Koenig, A./ Murray D. (eds.): Digital Witness, New York: Oxford University Press 2020.
• Schmitt, M. et al. (2014): Crisis Mapping – Eine empirische Untersuchung zu Strukturen und Praktiken partizipativer Krisen- und Konfliktkartographien während der Umbrüche in Libyen und Syrien 2011-2013. In: Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 60, 57–76.
• Specht D. (ed., 2020): Mapping Crisis. Participation, Datafication and Humanitarianism in the Age of Digital Mapping. London: Institute of Commonwealth.
• Walker, J.R. (2020) Remote Sensing for International Human Rights Advocacy: Critiques and Responses, Journal of Human Rights, 19:2, 183-200, DOI: 10.1080/14754835.2019.1702876
- ECTS information:
- Title:
- Digital Geographic Information for Monitoring Human Rights Violations: Challenges and Opportunities
- Credits: 5
- Prerequisites
- Credits 5
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 15
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: StudOn
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