A Brief History of Latin America: How Exhumations Bring Closure to the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala

The genesis of forensic archaeology in cases of gross human rights violations is rooted in Latin America. Cristian Silva Zuniga from the International Field Initiatives and Forensic Training Institute addresses challenges in the field of forensic archaeology, which plays a key role in revealing historical mass graves, genocide and extra-judicial killing in a global context. The collaboration of forensic anthropology organizations with other disciplines and surviving family members of victims will be addressed. This presentation is free and open to the public. Friday January 24, 2014, Social Sciences 109 9-9:50am. This is an in-class presentation and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Latin American Research Centre. Tickets: Free & Open to the public More info: http://www.larc.ucalgary.ca

Location:

Social Sciences 109

Speaker:

Cristian Silva Zuniga

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/brief-history-latin-america-how-exhumations-bring-closure-victims-internal-armed-conflict