The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans
The “digital turn” has transformed the landscape of transitional justice research. A wealth of data has been created through social media channels, and new digitisation tools have made existing data more easily accessible. This article discusses the ethical and methodological dimensions of using dig...
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| author | Kostovicova Denisa Kerr Rachel Sokolić Ivor Fairey Tiffany Redwood Henry Subotić Jelena |
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| description | The “digital turn” has transformed the landscape of transitional justice research. A wealth of data has been created through social media channels, and new digitisation tools have made existing data more easily accessible. This article discusses the ethical and methodological dimensions of using digital data and novel technologies in transitional justice research based on innovative research using digital archives, digitised transcripts, social media (Facebook) content and digital images. The authors review and evaluate how, in each of these domains, new digital technologies have enabled scholars to expand empirical evidence to understand the mechanics of transitional justice by analysing how data is produced and curated, to interrogate ethical dilemmas involved in those processes and to shift the focus from the ability of transitional justice to fulfil normative goals to how transitional justice is enacted and articulated as a process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d692adae3be243d4a7cb75fd96711e222022-12-22T04:21:21ZengDe GruyterComparative Southeast European Studies2701-81992701-82022022-03-01701244610.1515/soeu-2021-0055The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western BalkansKostovicova Denisa0Kerr Rachel1Sokolić Ivor2Fairey Tiffany3Redwood Henry4Subotić Jelena5European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKDepartment of War Studies, King’s College, London, UKSchool of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UKDepartment of War Studies, King’s College, London, UKLondon South Bank University, London, UKDepartment of Political Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USAThe “digital turn” has transformed the landscape of transitional justice research. A wealth of data has been created through social media channels, and new digitisation tools have made existing data more easily accessible. This article discusses the ethical and methodological dimensions of using digital data and novel technologies in transitional justice research based on innovative research using digital archives, digitised transcripts, social media (Facebook) content and digital images. The authors review and evaluate how, in each of these domains, new digital technologies have enabled scholars to expand empirical evidence to understand the mechanics of transitional justice by analysing how data is produced and curated, to interrogate ethical dilemmas involved in those processes and to shift the focus from the ability of transitional justice to fulfil normative goals to how transitional justice is enacted and articulated as a process.https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2021-0055transitional justicedigital turndataethicsmethods |
| spellingShingle | Kostovicova Denisa Kerr Rachel Sokolić Ivor Fairey Tiffany Redwood Henry Subotić Jelena The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans Comparative Southeast European Studies transitional justice digital turn data ethics methods |
| title | The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans |
| title_full | The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans |
| title_fullStr | The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans |
| title_short | The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans |
| title_sort | digital turn in transitional justice research evaluating image and text as data in the western balkans |
| topic | transitional justice digital turn data ethics methods |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2021-0055 |
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