Forensic Architecture av Eyal (Goldsmiths University of London) Weizman

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<p>In recent years, a little-known research group named Forensic Architecture began using novel research methods to undertake a series of investigations into human rights abuses. Today, the group provides crucial evidence for international courts and works with a wide range of activist groups, NGOs, Amnesty International, and the UN.<br><br>Beyond shedding new light on human rights violations and state crimes across the globe, Forensic Architecture has also created a new form of investigative practice that bears its name. The group uses architecture as an optical device to investigate armed conflicts and environmental destruction, as well as to cross-reference a variety of evidence sources, such as new media, remote sensing, material analysis, witness testimony, and crowd-sourcing.<br><br>In <i>Forensic Architecture</i>, Eyal Weizman, the group¿s founder, provides, for the first time, an in-depth introduction to the history, practice, assumptions, potentials, and double binds of this p