Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala

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Autor(a) principal: Mazzucelli, Colette G.
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Heyden, Dylan
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i3.451
Resumo: This article deliberately examines the search for truth after decades of conflict in Guatemala. Excavations of mass gravesites and the painstaking exhumation processes carried out by professional forensic anthropology teams continue to allow families to locate lost relatives—reclaiming truth and supporting calls for justice. For Guatemalans, the search for truth now transcends national borders, especially among migrant communities in the United States. The family remains the central unit through which the work of Guatemalan forensic anthropologists is undertaken. In an effort to engender deeper insights about these exhumation processes from a social science perspective, this analysis promotes the use of specific “tools” in Guatemalan forensic anthropology investigations. The first is an exhumations concept map, which yields important questions meant to stimulate meaningful analysis. The second, Story Maps, is a technology application with the potential to mediate digital access to the emerging Guatemalan translocal space. The research in this analysis suggests that these “tools” strengthen Burton’s notion of “provention” in Guatemala.
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spelling Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemalaforensic anthropology; Guatemala; provention; Story Maps; transitional justiceThis article deliberately examines the search for truth after decades of conflict in Guatemala. Excavations of mass gravesites and the painstaking exhumation processes carried out by professional forensic anthropology teams continue to allow families to locate lost relatives—reclaiming truth and supporting calls for justice. For Guatemalans, the search for truth now transcends national borders, especially among migrant communities in the United States. The family remains the central unit through which the work of Guatemalan forensic anthropologists is undertaken. In an effort to engender deeper insights about these exhumation processes from a social science perspective, this analysis promotes the use of specific “tools” in Guatemalan forensic anthropology investigations. The first is an exhumations concept map, which yields important questions meant to stimulate meaningful analysis. The second, Story Maps, is a technology application with the potential to mediate digital access to the emerging Guatemalan translocal space. The research in this analysis suggests that these “tools” strengthen Burton’s notion of “provention” in Guatemala.Cogitatio2015-10-27info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i3.451oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/451Politics and Governance; Vol 3, No 3 (2015): Mass Atrocity Prevention (Part I); 42-522183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/451https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i3.451https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/451/451Copyright (c) 2015 Colette Grace Mazzucelli, Dylan Heydenhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMazzucelli, Colette G.Heyden, Dylan2022-10-21T16:03:02Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/451Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:13:44.038264Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
spellingShingle Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
Mazzucelli, Colette G.
forensic anthropology; Guatemala; provention; Story Maps; transitional justice
title_short Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
title_full Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
title_fullStr Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
title_full_unstemmed Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
title_sort Unearthing Truth: Forensic Anthropology, Translocal Memory, and “Provention” in Guatemala
author Mazzucelli, Colette G.
author_facet Mazzucelli, Colette G.
Heyden, Dylan
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mazzucelli, Colette G.
Heyden, Dylan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv forensic anthropology; Guatemala; provention; Story Maps; transitional justice
topic forensic anthropology; Guatemala; provention; Story Maps; transitional justice
description This article deliberately examines the search for truth after decades of conflict in Guatemala. Excavations of mass gravesites and the painstaking exhumation processes carried out by professional forensic anthropology teams continue to allow families to locate lost relatives—reclaiming truth and supporting calls for justice. For Guatemalans, the search for truth now transcends national borders, especially among migrant communities in the United States. The family remains the central unit through which the work of Guatemalan forensic anthropologists is undertaken. In an effort to engender deeper insights about these exhumation processes from a social science perspective, this analysis promotes the use of specific “tools” in Guatemalan forensic anthropology investigations. The first is an exhumations concept map, which yields important questions meant to stimulate meaningful analysis. The second, Story Maps, is a technology application with the potential to mediate digital access to the emerging Guatemalan translocal space. The research in this analysis suggests that these “tools” strengthen Burton’s notion of “provention” in Guatemala.
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