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The Traces of Repression in the Bones: Experiences of Exhumation, Identification and Anthropological Analysis in Mass Graves in Andalusia (Spain)

WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2026.
Forensic anthropology as an element of social reconciliation in the processes of resignification and dignification of the victims of the Spanish Civil War and Francoism. ABSTRACT The application of forensic anthropological methodology in interventions aimed at the exhumation of victims of Francoism is of paramount importance.
Alejandra Moreno González, Manuel Partido Navadijo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chapter 5. Funerary Rites

, 2023
openaire   +1 more source

Claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’: migrant care workers in ageing Shanghai Revendiquer la parenté par le « cœur filial » : travailleurs migrants du care dans Shanghai vieillissante

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 132-149, March 2026.
Drawing on the ethnography of migrant care workers in eldercare in Shanghai, this article reveals the evolving landscape of caregiving and kinship practices in contemporary China. The ethnography presents the emic perspective of care workers, who actively develop symbolic trajectories for claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’ in caregiving.
Xinyuan Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Kinship through code, personhood as node: AI afterlives and new technologies of the self Parenté par le code, personne nodale : vie posthume dans l'IA et nouvelles technologies du moi

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 150-166, March 2026.
This article examines how emerging generative AI technologies in Europe and North America are being used to reanimate the dead, prompting users to define the ‘edges’ of self and personhood through coding practices. These technologies invite new engagements with fundamental questions of relatedness and the construction of the self, challenging and ...
Jennifer Cearns
wiley   +1 more source

Using cementochronology to assess the seasonality of catastrophic events in medieval mass graves (Kutná Hora-Sedlec, Czechia, 14th century): Preliminary results. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Zazvonilová E, Brzobohatá H, Frolík J, Velemínský P, Brůžek J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Women's sense of their hak, divine justice, and economies of divorce in Istanbul Sens du hak des femmes, justice divine et économies du divorce à Istanbul

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 167-185, March 2026.
Building on life story interviews with Muslim women – divorced and living in Istanbul – this article traces women's evocations of hak (haqq, , right) and other related terms in their narratives about financial arrangements during divorce proceedings. Mainly denoting right, justice, truth and due, the polysemic notion of hak encompasses a complex set of
Burcu Kalpaklıoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic-related excess mortality (COVID-19), public health measures and funerary rituals. [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Crubézy E, Telmon N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sr analyses from only known Scandinavian cremation cemetery in Britain illuminate early Viking journey with horse and dog across the North Sea. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Löffelmann T, Snoeck C, Richards JD, Johnson LJ, Claeys P, Montgomery J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 269-292, March 2026.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source