Forensic Anthropology Teams in Latin America

<p>This book charts the development of forensic anthropology teams in Latin America and surveys their main characteristics, achievements, and challenges in light of a recent past fraught with state repression and violence. </p><p></p><p>The volume contains contributions by an interdisciplinary group of scholars from several Latin American universities, with chapters on Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. These countries’ shared legacy is a host of human rights violations that continue to have an impact on present day society. Following the move towards democracy and a public demand for truth and justice, the volume highlights the role of forensic anthropology teams and their contribution as a source of information for the historical narrative, as a legal asset in enforcing the right to truth, and in achieving reparation for victims. </p><p></p><p>This collection will be of interest to scholars from Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Politics, and History.</p><p></p> <p>1.Where you Leave from, How you Travel, and Where you Arrive to: An Introduction 2. Inter-American Human Rights Law and Forensic Anthropology 3. The End of Negationism in Latin America: The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team 4. The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Identification of Missing Detainees in Chile: Between Pacts of Silence and Lack of Traces 5. Forensic Anthropology in Uruguay: Limits and Certainties about Violence and Political Repression 6. The Epaf and the Search for Missing Persons under a Humanitarian Umbrella in Peru 7. From Elucidation to the Pursuit of Justice: Forensic Anthropology in Guatemala 8. Forced Disappearance and Forensic Anthropology in Mexico: An Unresolved Matter 9. Arrival at Destination, Anchoring, and Then…</p>