Towards a forensic anthropology of structural vulnerability.
| Autor: | Reineke RC; The Southwest Center, University of Arizona, 1401 E. First St., P.O. Box 210185, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0185, USA.; School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0030, USA., Soler A; Forensic Anthropology Unit, Office of Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, 421 E 26th St, New York, NY, 10016, USA., Beatrice J; The College of New Jersey, Social Sciences Building Room 317, P.O. Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ, 08628, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Forensic science international. Synergy [Forensic Sci Int Synerg] 2023 May 16; Vol. 6, pp. 100332. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 16 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2023.100332 |
| Abstrakt: | Anthropologists have theorized structural vulnerability as a way to understand forms of violence that disenfranchise certain parts of a population, leading to poorer health outcomes and increased risk of death. Recently, forensic anthropologists have used these theories to better understand the ways in which individual decedents in forensic contexts may be linked collectively through structural conditions. A recent example is the proposal of a "structural vulnerability profile." Based on research and casework done in the context of migrant deaths along the US-Mexico border, we caution against the use of a "profile," which suggests a categorical approach that could lead to negative unintended consequences in the future. Instead, we argue for continued development of practices that allow for observation, documentation, and interdisciplinary discussion of evidence of structural violence revealed during a death investigation. Specifically, we argue for an approach that grounds such observations within a particular social and historical context. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2023 The Authors.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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