Deep Forensics for a More-than-Human Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4804002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María Torres (0000-0003-0663-4023), L A Smith (0000-0003-0708-0317, Arizona State University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Issue | 50 |
| Pages | 173-195 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antípoda Revista de Antropología y Arqueología (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2011-4273 • E-ISSN: 1900-5407 |
| Publisher | Universidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE) |
| DOI | 10.7440/antipoda50.2023.08 |
| OpenAlex | W4320014284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 31 |
Buscadora collectives in Mexico have developed unique and transformative forensic practices to search for their disappeared loved ones. We examine the work of three collectives, each working in distinct political, ecological, and historical contexts to better understand emergent forms of local citizen-led forensic practice. Attending to spaces, that exist alongside but exceed contemporary forensic practice, we critically reexamine the practice of forensics in the context of the humanitarian and forensic 'crisis' in Mexico. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with forensic scientists and buscadora collectives between 2015-2022, we develop three case studies that analyze the collectives' work in three registers: the (inter)relational, the geo-logic, and the more-than-human. We argue for the emergence of a deep forensics based on collective practices that privilege fragile, multi-valent forms of knowledge production, attend to slow violence, and move beyond an exclusively human-centered episteme. These alternative practices have the potential to displace the crisis time of contemporary state-led forensics and better document the entangled contexts of 'stratigraphic violence' in contemporary Mexico allowing for an emergent more-than-human justice
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Economic Justice · Episteme · Ethnography · Geography · Political science · Privilege (computing · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
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Slow violence and toxic geographies
Matters of care
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The missing, the martyred and the disappeared
Making time for soil
Capturing Los Migrantes Desaparecidos
More-than-human solidarity and multispecies justice in the climate crisis
Una tumba a donde llorar
Careful Speculations
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Peinar la historia a contrapelo
Crisis Effects
Necroscapes
Ecologies of Disappearance Today. Introduction
Inverted Exception. Ideas for Thinking about the New Disappearances through Two Case Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |