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Interview: WITNESS Media Archive Manager Grace Lile
By: Teague Schneiter
Posted: Oct 27 09
Witnessed: 2281 times
Regions: Global, Cambodia, Guatemala, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda
Issues: Corruption, Crimes against humanity, Freedom of opinion & expression, Genocide, Human rights defenders, Humanitarian, Impunity, International criminal court, Justice, Transitional justice, War crimes
Tags: access to information, archives, archivists, documentation, freedom of information, Freedom of Speech, human rights, records, repressive regimes, restorative justice, Truth
These interview segments with WITNESS Media Archive Manager Grace Lile, conducted by Hub/Archive intern Teague Schneiter, highlight the importance of thinking of archives in a human rights context. The interview was conducted September 12th, 2009 in the WITNESS Media Archive, and is part of a series of interviews with professionals and academics on the topic of archives and human rights, for the goal of achieving greater understanding of this burgeoning field. For more details and resources, please keep referring back to our resource page!
In this video, Grace discusses the following questions:
• What do archives have to do with human rights?
• What is a human rights archive?
• Can archives be misused? What is the responsibility of the archivist?
• Can archives help to promote human rights?
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