The end of negationism en Latin America. The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team

Abstract

This chapter presents a historiographic of the origins and development of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. It is written from an analytical perspective which -begining by characterising the type of dictatorship that was established in Argentina with the coup d´etat of 24 march 1976- aims at researching three main aspects. These three aspects are the modalities of political repression, the conceptual controversies that have arisen around it, and the impact of the work carried oyt by the EAAF in a trifold fashion: historical knowledge memory, and political and legal practices. Taking such intellectual concerns into consideration, this work resorted to documentary and oral sources including a series of interviews with the founders and primary actors of the Argentine experience. An experience that has, at the same time, been forerunner and guidance for similar enterprises in other countries in the region and worldwide.