Action, Organization, and Documentary Film
Beyond a Communications Model of Human Rights Videos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12409780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Livia Hinegardner (Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 172-185 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-7458.2009.01040.x |
| OpenAlex | W2162826653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
Literature investigating human rights videos has concentrated on their usefulness in creating political pressure through shaming perpetrators of abuses. Analyzing confrontations between police and a social movement in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico, in 2006, I show that the separation between communication and action implicit in this communications model obscures how human rights films form a field of political organization and direct action. In this case, films open a de facto legal space not available through formal institutional channels, and provide a platform through which political actors can transform themselves from bystanders to active participants. I conclude by proposing that the production and distribution of political film in Mexico represent an attempt at social and political change that is more profound than modifications to laws and policies
Action (physics · De facto · Human rights · Media studies · Political action · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Computer Science · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |