Forensic rhetorics and satellite surveillance : the visualization of war crimes and human rights violations / Marouf Hasian, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasian, Marouf Arif, Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space surveillance--History.

Space surveillance.

War crimes--History.

War crimes.

Human rights monitoring--History.

Human rights monitoring.

Human rights monitoring--Technological innovations.

Space surveillance--Moral and ethical aspects.

Technological innovations.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Visualization of war crimes and human rights violations

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

"Forensic Rhetorics, Satellite Surveillance, and the Visualization of War Crimes and Human Rights Violations uses critical forensic perspectives in order to assess the strengths and weaknesses of governmental, NGO, and celebrity usage of satellite surveillance systems. The author contends that while many defenders of this use of satellite imagery often argue that these images speak for themselves, they are in fact contested objects that are contextualized and recontextualized in salient foreign policy controversies."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Satellite imaging, humanitarian dreams, and the 21st century pursuit of forensic truths

Visualizing Srebrenica, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the growing acceptance of satellite evidence

Satellite imagery and the visual/virtual Israeli occupation of the Gaza

George Clooney, surveillance of Sudanese borders, and the Sentinel Project

The drone wars over Pakistan and the aerial "manhunts" for Taliban and Al Qaeda enemies

EUROSUR surveillance, Mediterranean "search and rescue," and the visualization of Europe's "migrant crisis"

Conclusion: The constitutive power of satellite surveillance and the crafting of securitized and militarized dispositifs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hasian, Marouf Arif, Jr., author. Forensic rhetorics and satellite surveillance

ISBN:

9781498535908

1498535909

OCLC:

949986898