Material Witness: Media, Forensics, Evidence

by Susan Schuppli

The evidential role of matter--when media records trace evidence of violence--explored through a series of cases drawn from Kosovo, Japan, Vietnam, and elsewhere.

In this book, Susan Schuppli introduces a new operative concept: material witness, an exploration of the evidential role of matter as both registering external events and exposing the practices and procedures that enable matter to bear witness. Organized in the format of a trial,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043572
• ISBN13: 9780262043571
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.1"