Sandra Ristovska
Biographic Data
| ID | 4177962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Ristovska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Ristovska |
| SIGNATURE | RISTOVSKA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5165-8871 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
When believing can be seeing: The unregulated approach to video evidence in U.S. courts and the need for archival legal standards
This paper examines the unregulated approach to video evidence in U.S. courts. It provides an overview of three key factors that contribute to the inconsistent treatment of video as evidence: the shifting and uncertain categories under which video is admitted as evidence, the discrepancies in how video is perceived and interpreted, and the lack of widespread legal training in visual literacy. Together, these factors exacerbate the challenges that…
On the ontology and epistemology of visual legal evidence: Interview with Jennifer L. Mnookin
Ways of seeing: The power and limitation of video evidence across law and policy
Legal and policy considerations about the mechanisms driving visual attention, perception, and interpretation have not always kept pace with the ever-increasing use of video as evidence. Discussing existing and emerging challenges with the authentication and interpretation of video as evidence, this article argues that a critical understanding of visual epistemologies across law and policy domains remains a critical task. Drawing on research pres…
Open-source investigation as a genre of conflict reporting
This paper examines the role and scope of eyewitness images in open-source investigation, which is becoming a prominent genre of conflict reporting in its own right. Based on interviews with journalists at the Visual Investigations Unit at The New York Times and a textual analysis of their video reports, the paper sheds light on the paradoxical working of the genre, which simultaneously opens up and limits opportunities for eyewitness images as a…
Book notes: Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession
Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession
The Need for Visual Information Policy
This paper briefly maps the tension between doctrine and practice surrounding visual evidence and the necessity to consider images as a mode of information relay on their own terms. In doing so, it argues that visual information policy is becoming an important area of study for scholars working at the intersection of media, communication, information studies, surveillance studies, and the law
Human rights collectives as visual experts: The case of Syrian Archive
This article maps the institutional context that renders eyewitness video meaningful for human rights purposes. By looking closely at the work of Syrian Archive, this article argues that human rights collectives are positioning themselves as visual experts that both mimic established institutional modalities and help offset the lack of replicable workflows and clear visual standards for eyewitness video across journalism, the law and political ad…
Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice
Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice
The rise of eyewitness video and its implications for human rights: Conceptual and methodological approaches
The advent of visual technologies and digital media has elevated the status of images as an important platform for studying human rights. Focusing on eyewitness video as an increasingly central vehicle through which human rights claims are made public, this article maps out (1) how human rights organizations utilize eyewitness video as an investigative tool in their advocacy work, (2) how eyewitness video configures within global news crises cove…
Strategic witnessing in an age of video activism
Witnessing is infused in ethical and legal discourses that operate within the matrix of knowledge, responsibility, and action. Through an analysis of the non-governmental organization WITNESS, this article shows how this matrix has been at the heart of the development of professionalized human rights video activism that emphasizes goal-driven, tactical and audience-oriented approaches to witness documentation. By professionalizing video activism,…
The rise of eyewitness video and its implications for human rights: Conceptual and methodological approaches
The advent of visual technologies and digital media has elevated the status of images as an important platform for studying human rights. Focusing on eyewitness video as an increasingly central vehicle through which human rights claims are made public, this article maps out (1) how human rights organizations utilize eyewitness video as an investigative tool in their advocacy work, (2) how eyewitness video configures within global news crises cove…
Strategic witnessing in an age of video activism
Witnessing is infused in ethical and legal discourses that operate within the matrix of knowledge, responsibility, and action. Through an analysis of the non-governmental organization WITNESS, this article shows how this matrix has been at the heart of the development of professionalized human rights video activism that emphasizes goal-driven, tactical and audience-oriented approaches to witness documentation. By professionalizing video activism,…
Open-source investigation as a genre of conflict reporting
This paper examines the role and scope of eyewitness images in open-source investigation, which is becoming a prominent genre of conflict reporting in its own right. Based on interviews with journalists at the Visual Investigations Unit at The New York Times and a textual analysis of their video reports, the paper sheds light on the paradoxical working of the genre, which simultaneously opens up and limits opportunities for eyewitness images as a…
Human rights collectives as visual experts: The case of Syrian Archive
This article maps the institutional context that renders eyewitness video meaningful for human rights purposes. By looking closely at the work of Syrian Archive, this article argues that human rights collectives are positioning themselves as visual experts that both mimic established institutional modalities and help offset the lack of replicable workflows and clear visual standards for eyewitness video across journalism, the law and political ad…
The rise of eyewitness video and its implications for human rights: Conceptual and methodological approaches
The advent of visual technologies and digital media has elevated the status of images as an important platform for studying human rights. Focusing on eyewitness video as an increasingly central vehicle through which human rights claims are made public, this article maps out (1) how human rights organizations utilize eyewitness video as an investigative tool in their advocacy work, (2) how eyewitness video configures within global news crises cove…
Strategic witnessing in an age of video activism
Witnessing is infused in ethical and legal discourses that operate within the matrix of knowledge, responsibility, and action. Through an analysis of the non-governmental organization WITNESS, this article shows how this matrix has been at the heart of the development of professionalized human rights video activism that emphasizes goal-driven, tactical and audience-oriented approaches to witness documentation. By professionalizing video activism,…
Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice
Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice
Human rights collectives as visual experts: The case of Syrian Archive
This article maps the institutional context that renders eyewitness video meaningful for human rights purposes. By looking closely at the work of Syrian Archive, this article argues that human rights collectives are positioning themselves as visual experts that both mimic established institutional modalities and help offset the lack of replicable workflows and clear visual standards for eyewitness video across journalism, the law and political ad…
The Need for Visual Information Policy
This paper briefly maps the tension between doctrine and practice surrounding visual evidence and the necessity to consider images as a mode of information relay on their own terms. In doing so, it argues that visual information policy is becoming an important area of study for scholars working at the intersection of media, communication, information studies, surveillance studies, and the law
Book notes: Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession
Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession
Open-source investigation as a genre of conflict reporting
This paper examines the role and scope of eyewitness images in open-source investigation, which is becoming a prominent genre of conflict reporting in its own right. Based on interviews with journalists at the Visual Investigations Unit at The New York Times and a textual analysis of their video reports, the paper sheds light on the paradoxical working of the genre, which simultaneously opens up and limits opportunities for eyewitness images as a…
When believing can be seeing: The unregulated approach to video evidence in U.S. courts and the need for archival legal standards
This paper examines the unregulated approach to video evidence in U.S. courts. It provides an overview of three key factors that contribute to the inconsistent treatment of video as evidence: the shifting and uncertain categories under which video is admitted as evidence, the discrepancies in how video is perceived and interpreted, and the lack of widespread legal training in visual literacy. Together, these factors exacerbate the challenges that…
On the ontology and epistemology of visual legal evidence: Interview with Jennifer L. Mnookin
Ways of seeing: The power and limitation of video evidence across law and policy
Legal and policy considerations about the mechanisms driving visual attention, perception, and interpretation have not always kept pace with the ever-increasing use of video as evidence. Discussing existing and emerging challenges with the authentication and interpretation of video as evidence, this article argues that a critical understanding of visual epistemologies across law and policy domains remains a critical task. Drawing on research pres…
Computer Science (8 works) · Law in Society and Culture (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works)