The conference will include a launch event for a new journal, the Journal of Human Rights Practice, hosted by CAHR and Oxford University Press.

It will bring together academics, practitioners and artists to explore ethical concerns surrounding the use of testimony. Under the rubric of ‘responsibility to the story’ the conference will explore the full life cycle of the story: obtaining the story, shaping the story, presenting the story, and the consequences of the story.

The aims are to investigate what responsibility researchers, practitioners and artists have to the stories they use, and to disseminate best ethical practice.

Speakers scheduled to include:

• Eduardo Gonzalez, Peruvian TRC
• Sam Gregory, WITNESS, USA
• Shirley Gunn, Human Rights Media Centre, South Africa
• Amy Hill, Center for Digital Storytelling, USA
• Vesna Tercelić, Documenta, Croatia

I f you would like to register for this conference please complete the registration form (Word/Pdf) and post or email to Judith Pink, Centre for Applied Human Rights, Sally Baldwin Buildings Block D, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, jkp2@york.ac.uk .

There is a charge of £70 per delegate or £30 for students.

If you have any queries please contact jkp2@york.ac.uk or telephone 01904 434398

 

April 6, 2009 | Author