Reading Visual Investigations

Reading Visual Investigations delves into the discipline dedicated to an image-based investigation of human rights violations, where architecture intersects with advocacy, journalism, and law in the pursuit of justice and accountability.

This publication presents insights into the current discourse within the emergent field and highlights the role of architecture as a key area of expertise defining this practice. Eight experts from the fields of digital and spatial analysis, human rights, legal studies, investigative journalism, and forensic analysis offer critical, scientifically grounded discourse on the topic through essays and interviews. The book’s contributors examine a range of methods and architectural tools employed in visual investigations and their impact on human rights and legal processes. Additionally, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of international research by introducing seven case studies on five continents in texts that examine the related backgrounds, methods, content, and conclusions.

With Contributions by Bellingcat, Ralf Breker (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt), The Center for Spatial Technologies (CST), Sam Dubberley (Human Rights Watch), Bora Erden (New York Times), Sam Gregory (Witness), Alison Killing (Killing Architects), Laura Kurgan (Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, GSAPP, Andres Lepik (Technische Universität München, TUM), Lisa Luksch (Technische Universität München, TUM), Anjli Parrin (University of Chicago Law School), SITU Research, Patrick Brian Smith (Counter Evidentiary Network), and Lea Weinmann (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

160 pages, 49 illustrations
18 EUR; ISBN 9783966800327
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