Sylvia Karl
Biographic Data
| ID | 796258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia Karl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Karl |
| SIGNATURE | KARL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philipps University of Marburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Missing in Mexico
In this article, I will describe the mostly invisibilized “fight for rehumanization” of the families of the dehumanized disappeared of the Mexican Dirty War of the 1960s and 1970s. The conflictive memory politics in Mexico and the ambivalent transitional justice process led to processes of re-dehumanization for the families of the disappeared. Within these processes of clarification of past crimes, new spaces of violence emerged. The current “war…
Rehumanizing the Disappeared
During the political violence of the Mexican dirty war of the 1960s and 1970s, hundreds of people who had been considered internal enemies were disappeared by the military. Families of the disappeared started searching for them; organized in victims' associations on a local, national, and transnational level; demanded truth and justice; and became important human rights actors in Mexico. Therein, the processes of dehumanization by state actors du…
Die erinnerte Gewalt
Komplexe Prozesse und Strategien der Vergangenheitspolitik haben in Lateinamerika stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Welche Dynamiken der Aufarbeitung von politischer Gewalt entstehen in unterschiedlichen lokalen Kontexten? Welche Konflikte um Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit, Erinnerung und Versöhnung treten dabei auf? Anhand empirischer Forschung aus neun Ländern macht der Band die Heterogenität, Pluralität und Polyphonie dieser Diskurse und die Vielschichtig…
Rehumanizing the Disappeared
During the political violence of the Mexican dirty war of the 1960s and 1970s, hundreds of people who had been considered internal enemies were disappeared by the military. Families of the disappeared started searching for them; organized in victims' associations on a local, national, and transnational level; demanded truth and justice; and became important human rights actors in Mexico. Therein, the processes of dehumanization by state actors du…
Missing in Mexico
In this article, I will describe the mostly invisibilized “fight for rehumanization” of the families of the dehumanized disappeared of the Mexican Dirty War of the 1960s and 1970s. The conflictive memory politics in Mexico and the ambivalent transitional justice process led to processes of re-dehumanization for the families of the disappeared. Within these processes of clarification of past crimes, new spaces of violence emerged. The current “war…
Die erinnerte Gewalt
Komplexe Prozesse und Strategien der Vergangenheitspolitik haben in Lateinamerika stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Welche Dynamiken der Aufarbeitung von politischer Gewalt entstehen in unterschiedlichen lokalen Kontexten? Welche Konflikte um Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit, Erinnerung und Versöhnung treten dabei auf? Anhand empirischer Forschung aus neun Ländern macht der Band die Heterogenität, Pluralität und Polyphonie dieser Diskurse und die Vielschichtig…
Missing in Mexico
In this article, I will describe the mostly invisibilized “fight for rehumanization” of the families of the dehumanized disappeared of the Mexican Dirty War of the 1960s and 1970s. The conflictive memory politics in Mexico and the ambivalent transitional justice process led to processes of re-dehumanization for the families of the disappeared. Within these processes of clarification of past crimes, new spaces of violence emerged. The current “war…
Rehumanizing the Disappeared
During the political violence of the Mexican dirty war of the 1960s and 1970s, hundreds of people who had been considered internal enemies were disappeared by the military. Families of the disappeared started searching for them; organized in victims' associations on a local, national, and transnational level; demanded truth and justice; and became important human rights actors in Mexico. Therein, the processes of dehumanization by state actors du…
Political science (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Civil society (1 work) · Conflict management (1 work) · Congresses (1 work) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (1 work) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Economic Justice (1 work)