The DATA JUSTA Millennium Nucleus will carry out an in-depth examination of the knowledge infrastructures currently used by the Chilean state in its management of victims of gross human rights violations. Using critical theories and ethnographic methods, the project will analyze the knowledge the state produces about these events and how that knowledge shapes the responses it offers to ‘victimized’ citizens.
DATA JUSTA transcends disciplinary boundaries, exploring the intersection of human rights, critical data studies, and science and technology studies. The research brings together six universities and various disciplines, including sociology, law, criminology, psychology, communications, and data science. Collaboration with key chilean state agencies (Subsecretariats of Crime Prevention, Justice and Human Rights, the National Women's Service, the National Institute for Human Rights, and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture) is essential to its mission.
The nucleus will focus on three research areas:
- Data production and use;
- Victims' management, assistance, and reparation;
- State control, monitoring and compliance with commitments regarding victims.
The general objective of DATA JUSTA is to advance interdisciplinary scientific knowledge and improve data systems and policies on human rights violations by international standards.
The following researchers are part of DATA JUSTA:
Oriana Bernasconi, sociologist from UAH; Elizabeth Lira, psychologist from UAH; Daniela Accatino, lawyer from UACh; Daniela Bolivar, criminologist from UC; and Lidia Casas, lawyer from UDP. As senior researchers: Celia Lury, sociologist from the University of Warwick; Emiliano Treré, data studies researcher from the University of Cardiff; and Patricia Linares, lawyer from the National Center for Historical Memory. As junior researchers: Daniela Paz Zúñiga, psychologist from UACh; Andrés Tello, sociologist from UPLA; Felipe Paredes, lawyer from UACh; and Alejandra Vega, psychologist from the University of Atacama.
In addition, associated institutions includes the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data, the Millennium Institute for Research on Violence and Democracy (VioDemos), the Data Justice Lab, the Human Rights Center at the University Alberto Hurtado, the Human Rights Center at the University Diego Portales and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research at Warwick University.