Forensis: The Architecture of Public Truth

Anselm Franke, Eyal Weizman

ISBN 10: 3956790111 / ISBN 13: 9783956790119

Published by Sternberg Press, 2014

About this Item

Published on the occasion of the exhibition curated by Anselm Franke and Eyal Weizman, held at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin from March 15 to May 5, 2014. Good shape. Jacket is worn along edges. Binding is secure. Text block is lightly scuffed. Edges of pages are very lightly tanned, but text and images are clean, bright, and unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forensis: The Architecture of Public Truth
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3956790111
• ISBN 13: 9783956790119
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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Synopsis

Forensics originated from the term 'forensis' which is Latin for pertaining to the forum. The Roman forum was a multidimensional space of negotiation and truth-finding in which humans as well as objects participated in politics, law, and the economy. With the advent of modernity, forensics shifted to refer exclusively to the courts of law and to the use of medicine, and today as a science in service to the law. The present use of forensics, along with its popular representations have become increasingly central to the modes by which states police and govern their subjects. By returning to forensis this book seeks to unlock forensics original potential as a political practice and reorient it. Inverting the direction of the forensic gaze it designates a field of action in which individuals and organizations detect and confront state violations.