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Duration: 2h04

Eyal Weizman, an Israeli-British architect and professor at Goldsmiths, University of London, is the founder and director of the research collective Forensic Architecture. In this interview, we recount the origins, discuss the methodology and explain the evolution of Forensic Architecture, both the agency and the discipline, until the recent publication of A Cartography of Genocide.

We also retrace the longstanding involvement of the collective with the Palestinian cause, shed light on troubling resonances between the ongoing Israeli campaign in Gaza and genocidal precedents in Namibia and Guatemala, and examine the contemporary backlash against movements of solidarity with Palestine.

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 – Introduction to Genocidal Intent

00:05:47 - (Chap.1) Origins of Forensic Architecture : Emergent Coutercartography of Palestine  

00:23:45 -.(Chap.2) Between humanism and science : Testimonies reconsidered 

00:37:17 - (Chap.3) Displacing Law : Socialized evidence production 

00:48:04 - (Chap.4) “A cartography of genocide” : Medics as new witnesses

01:04:12 - (Chap.5) Patterns : Facts on the grounds and guilty minds 

01:15:02 - (Chap.6) Genocidal resonnances : Guatemala and Namibia 

01:23:54 - (Chap.7) “Conditions of life” : Calculus as a mode of control

01:34:21 - (Chap.8) Lebensraum : Deployment of the zionist project 

01:51:51 - (Chap.9) Continuous Nakba : Failed depolitization and protracted eradication

02:03:52 - (Chap.10) Reception since October 2023 : Escalation of the pushback

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This episode addresses Forensic Architecture, Gaza, Palestine and international law.

Interviewed by Michel Feher

Conducted on January 26, 2025

Directed by Thierry Corroyer

Produced by Florence Mention and Aurélie Windels

Dossier: Thomas Gmuer

Visual Research : Sophie Liner

Music by Laz Lo, Eeryskies, Damiens Simons

Voice : Amanda Bay

Podcast production, editing and mixing : Deborah Le Grand

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