This week’s
In Media Res theme focus is Cellphone Witness (March 2 - March 6, 2015). [Warning: some videos contain disturbing images.]
Here's the line-up:
Monday, March 2, 2015 - Antar Tichavakunda (University of Southern California) presents: On Watching and Seeing: The Limits of Cell Phone Evidence
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - Vyshali Manivannan (Rutgers University) presents: War Without Witness: Mobile Phone Testimony in Preserving Memory and Truths
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - Fatma Matin Khan (University of Delhi) presents: Cellphone Footage as Witness and Instrument for Vigilante Justice
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - Ben Brucato (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) presents: To Document or Intervene?
Friday, March 6, 2015 - Ben Stork (Seattle University) presents: Politics In Excess of Evidence
Theme week organized by
Ethan Tussey (Georgia State University).
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