{"product_id":"exhuming-violent-histories-nicole-iturriaga-9780231201124","title":"Exhuming Violent Histories: Forensics, Memory, and Rewriting Spain's Past","description":"Many years after the fall of Franco's regime, Spanish human rights activists have turned to new methods to keep the memory of state terror alive. By excavating mass graves, exhuming remains, and employing forensic analysis and DNA testing, they seek to provide direct evidence of repression and break through the silence about the dictatorship's atrocities that persisted well into Spain's transition to democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. She argues that by grounding their claims in science, activists can present themselves as credible and impartial, helping them intervene in fraught public disputes about the remembrance of the past. The perceived legitimacy and authenticity of scientific techniques allows their users to contest the state's historical claims and offer new narratives of violence in pursuit of long-delayed justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIturriaga draws on interviews with technicians and forensics experts and provides a detailed case study of Spain's best-known forensic human rights organization, the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory. She also considers how the tools and tactics used in Spain can be adopted by human rights and civil society groups pursuing transitional justice in other parts of the world. An ethnographically rich account, \u003ci\u003eExhuming Violent Histories\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicole Iturriaga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231201125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231201124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Nicole Iturriaga","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944921006335,"sku":"9780231201124","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_863b3e67-5d93-4543-a45f-a8df8b968de1.jpg?v=1681505732","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/exhuming-violent-histories-nicole-iturriaga-9780231201124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}