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Stevens, Donald F., ed. Latin American History at the Movies.
No full textReview of: Stevens, Donald F., ed. Latin American History at the Movies. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023
The Origins of Forensic Anthropology in the United States
No full textTraditional histories of forensic anthropology focus on key figures, events, and/or publications within a larger narrative of disciplinary formation and expansion. These histories typically highlight individuals such as Thomas Dwight or institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. This project represents an interdisciplinary collaboration with the goal of shedding new light onto the origins of forensic anthropology in the United States. By pulling from a number of published scholarly sources, as well as some unpublished correspondence, this project expands upon the more established historical events concerning the history of forensic anthropology. Here we argue that the origins of contemporary forensic anthropology not only trace back to the work of Wilton Krogman but that Krogman’s forensic anthropology must be understood through the life and work of his mentor, T. Wingate Todd, as well as the Hamann-Todd Collection, early efforts toward personal identification of human skeletal remains, and a complex amalgamation of US and UK influences that Krogman was exposed to through Todd’s mentorship efforts
Steven D. Ousley: Selected Published Works and Professional Activities
No full textEarly in his career, Steven D. Ousley established his view on the need for biological anthropologists to provide empirical support for their findings. He, like many of his mentors and contemporaries, became acutely aware of the need for more statistical rigor in forensic anthropology. His research and the scholarly products he produced explored the relationship and linkage between method and theory, between what can be observed, what can be explained, and what can be quantified. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and a commitment to advancing knowledge, Steve’s work has left an indelible mark on the intersection between biological anthropology and statistical approaches to the study of human variation and has enriched our understanding of population affinity estimation. With a career characterized by rigor, innovation, and a passion for discovery, his pioneering insights continue to reverberate through academia and the applied world encompassing forensic anthropology. As we delve into this collection of scholarly works, we embark on a journey through the intellectual landscape Steve so profoundly shaped, celebrating his legacy and the lasting impact of his ideas. We present herewith a compilation of Steve’s works, thesis, dissertation, published papers, grants and awards, software, student mentorships, and data collection activities. These illustrate the breadth of his knowledge and contributions to our discipline
Forensic Anthropology and the Mitigation of Cognitive Biases in the Investigation of Human Rights Violations: Operationalization of a Comprehensive Theoretical Model
No full textThe contribution of anthropologists to forensic investigations depends largely on the correct observations, analysis and interpretation of the evidence. However, these are often based on qualitative methods that involve subjectivity procedures, making them susceptible to cognitive biases that could lead to erroneous conclusions. The aim of this study article is to highlight the potential operationalization of the abduction-deduction-induction (ADI) cycle and Linear Sequential Unmasking–Expanded (LSU-E) as a procedural framework to mitigate the influence of cognitive biases in the field of forensic anthropology, particularly in its application to the investigation of human rights violations from an approach to the operationalization of the Sydney declaration. We illustrate their implementation through two real cases in which we address the interpretation of the circumstances of death based on three lines of evidence: bone trauma, depositional contexts, and testimonial information collected by social anthropologists. The aim is to reduce cognitive biases so as to provide a more solid and objective approach to interpreting forensic anthropological evidence
Trans Tricksters, Looping Effects, and Gender Diagnoses as Containment
No full textThis essay examines how medical rhetorics helped justify the recent torrent of anti-trans legislation. Beginning with the “legitimacy wars” between psychiatry and psychology, I trace how competing disciplines established their own expertise by denying trans patients’ agency and self-knowledge. After identifying the “trans trickster” trope that emerges from these rhetorics, I trace how the trans trickster haunts arguments used to ban gender-affirming health care and sports participation for trans youth. I draw from sociologist Ian Hacking’s “looping effects” to explain how medical logics affect public perception and how those understandings loop back into medical research. The binary, linear models of gender transition established by trans medicine helped justify cisnormative policies around transgender identity, which in turn restricted further scientific inquiry such that more imaginative gender formations remain illegible. To conclude, I argue that medical paradigms work in relation with trans imagination would expand scientific explorations of human diversity, and that those understandings too could loop through public policy and perception
Review of Trans Care. Hil Malatino, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
No full textBook Review: Trans Care. Hil Malatino, University of Minnesota Press, 2020. 90 pages, $10.00 Paperback
Publisher webpage: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/trans-care
Review by Teresa Williams (they/them)
Michigan State University
 
Review of Strategic Interventions in Mental Health Rhetoric. Lisa Melonçon and Cathryn Molloy, Eds. : New York, NY: Routledge, 2022. 248 pages, 44.05 e-book, $170 hardcover.
No full textReview of Strategic Interventions in Mental Health Rhetoric. Lisa Melonçon and Cathryn Molloy, Eds