Phantom Militarism and Counter-Forensics
Inspired by this special issue, this commentary juggles ideas on the modalities of evidence and memory making derived from the predominance of forensic crime scenarios in the search for the disappeared, and how these re-inscribe the violence of the past in the visual and narrative cartographies of t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/399273 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/399273 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | http://metadata.un.org/sdg/16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels |
| Sumario: | Inspired by this special issue, this commentary juggles ideas on the modalities of evidence and memory making derived from the predominance of forensic crime scenarios in the search for the disappeared, and how these re-inscribe the violence of the past in the visual and narrative cartographies of the present, spilling well beyond their area of expertise. The influence and seductive power of this forensic gaze on human rights violations does not exist in a vacuum but within the framework of its triumph in popular culture and the media, for which some authors use the term “CSI effect” to denote widely popular media products associated with forensic dramas. In doing so, it has the potential to profoundly colonize and shape our perception of the violent past, yet it may open fresh alternatives to confront it |
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