Conference: Children's Drawings as evidence
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This conference will gather a multidisciplinary range of practitioners from lawyers to artists, curators, and academics, to discuss the evolution of the status of drawings by children, and, what does it mean when they enter the legal framework.
In 2007, the International Criminal Court admitted drawings by children as contextual evidence of war crimes in the case of Darfur. Dating back to the Spanish Civil War, drawings by children that bear witness to the atrocities of war have played a role in the diplomatic appeals for aid and intervention; they have served as therapeutic tools and means of expression for children who have experienced or are still in the midst of experiencing trauma. The topic of drawings by children is also a subject of fascination for modern and contemporary artists who collected vast troves and today take new perspectives on this material. Children’s drawings of war thus have and continue to play multiple, simultaneous roles as therapeutic tools, journalistic devices, material for diplomatic lobbying, material of historical record, and as of 2007, contextual evidence in juridical contexts.
This conference will gather a multidisciplinary range of practitioners from lawyers to artists, curators, and academics, to discuss the evolution of the status of drawings by children, and, what does it mean when they enter the legal framework.
Organised by Luma and the Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Bard College; supported by the Open Society University Network.
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