Death on repeat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6015358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J B Scott (0000-0001-7924-8479, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-40 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Legal Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-9584 • E-ISSN: 1758-9576 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/jla.2019.030102 |
| OpenAlex | W2985503126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In the past decade, images of fatal police shootings shared on social media have inspired protests against militarised policing policies and re-defined the ways marginalised communities seek justice. This article theorises the repetition of violent images and discusses how social media has become an important tool for localising popular critiques of the law. I provide an ethnographic account of a police shooting in a Brazilian favela (shantytown). I am particularly interested in how residents of the favela interpret law and justice in relationship to contemporaneous movements such as Black Lives Matter. Reflecting Walter Benjamin’s concept of mechanical reproduction, this case study demonstrates an ‘aura’ that is shaped by the social and legal context in which a violent image is produced, consumed and aggregated. This case study suggests the possibility for research examining the ways inclusionary social media platforms are increasingly co-opted by oppressive political institutions
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Economic Justice · Ethnography · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social justice · Social media · Sociology · Anthropology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Public Spaces through Art
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |