Descripción del proyecto
Un enfoque etnográfico de la ciencia forense
Los científicos forenses reciben habitualmente requerimientos de los tribunales para que testifiquen como expertos. ¿Cómo contribuyen los conocimientos diferenciados de los expertos forenses judiciales y humanitarios a dar forma a los relatos de conflictos y violencia? En el proyecto Shaping the conflict, financiado con fondos europeos, se responderá a esta pregunta a través de un caso práctico sobre el posconflicto colombiano vigente, donde los expertos forenses humanitarios y judiciales tratan de dar cuenta del conflicto separadamente. Se aplicará un enfoque etnográfico al método de identificación forense. El trabajo del proyecto se basará en marcos conceptuales de la antropología de la ciencia, estudios sociales de criminalística y estudios transicionales de la justicia.
Objetivo
Social and academic inquiry on post-conflict societies has focused on victims and perpetrators with a recent interest in forensic specialists as expert witnesses. Yet the way forensic knowledge about life, death, bodies and evidence impacts on our understanding of conflict and violence has been overlooked. Two reasons for this are that forensic knowledge is: 1) mainly seen as a practice that produces neutral scientific evidence; 2) mostly considered part of the judicial system (helping to solve crime and administering justice), leaving the recent work of humanitarian forensics (identifying victims of war with no intention at judicialising perpetrators) unattended.
Through an ethnographic approach to the forensic process of identification I will examine how judicial and humanitarian forensic experts’ differentiated knowledge co-shape accounts of conflict and violence. And in a context of transitional justice, they give format to actions towards victims’ reparation and the administration of justice. I will address these issues through the case study of the ongoing Colombian (post-)conflict. Its multifaceted characteristics and the fact that currently, humanitarian and judicial forensic experts are both, yet separately trying to account for the conflict, provides a rich case, potentially contributing to the study of violence and conflict elsewhere.
This project relies on conceptual frameworks from the anthropology of science, social studies of forensics, and transitional justice studies. It combines research tools of these areas with some of critical design. Outcomes include an exhibition showcasing results, a workshop with multiple audiences, and written pieces.
This proposal includes the transfer of knowledge to the host institution and my training in advanced techniques and theories in (co)supervision of graduate students, in teaching abilities, and outreach activities. All activities will maximise my future employability as a scholar in the European research area.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
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