{"product_id":"forensic-architecture-violence-at-the-threshold-of-detectability","title":"Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability\u003c\/strong\u003e is Eyal Weizman's foundational account of the research agency he founded—a group that turns the tools of architecture to the investigation of state violence and human rights abuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForensic Architecture works as an unusual hybrid: part architecture studio, part investigative unit, its evidence presented in courts, truth commissions, human rights reports and galleries. Here Weizman sets out where the practice came from, how it works and the problems it has to contend with. Central to the book is the idea of the 'threshold of detectability'—the point at which traces of violence hover between being visible and invisible, often deliberately kept beneath the resolution of satellite imagery or the reach of official inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe argument is carried through detailed case studies, documented with maps, models, stills and diagrams. They range in scale from shrapnel patterns in a single room hit by a drone strike in Pakistan to a reconstruction of a day-long battle in Gaza, a Syrian detention centre rebuilt from survivors' memories, and environmental violence in the Guatemalan highlands. Throughout, Weizman treats buildings and cities as recording devices, and architectural analysis as a way of producing public truth against official denial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first in-depth account of Forensic Architecture written by its founder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtensively illustrated with images, maps and reconstructions from the group's investigations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase studies spanning Pakistan, Palestine, Syria and Guatemala\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombines theoretical argument with granular investigative documentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow architecture can work as an optical and analytical device in the investigation of conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMethods drawn from remote sensing, material analysis, digital modelling and witness testimony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy states keep violence at the limits of what images and evidence can register\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ethical and political double binds of 'counterforensics'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow spatial evidence moves between legal, media and art forums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEyal Weizman is an architect and the founder and director of Forensic Architecture, based at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is a professor of spatial and visual cultures. He is also a founding member of the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour, Palestine. His other books include \u003cem\u003eHollow Land\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Least of All Possible Evils\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMengele's Skull\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e177 x 222 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781935408871\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zone Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e architects, urbanists, artists, journalists, lawyers and anyone interested in how spatial evidence can hold power to account.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183355429089,"sku":"9781935408871","price":62.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/81V0WVM5-5L._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1793162210","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/forensic-architecture-violence-at-the-threshold-of-detectability","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}