When the Periphery Becomes the Center. Forensic Anthropology in Argentina, a Case of Socially Relevant Scientific Knowledge Production

  • Luciano G. Levin Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la CyT, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes y Centro de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Universidad Maimónides
Keywords: Forensic Anthropology, EAAF, Knowledge production, Sociology of translation, Science and periphery

Abstract

Forensic anthropology has had extraordinary scientific success in Argentina. On the one hand, this discipline has developed very well in only 25 years generating scientifically relevant knowledge both locally and internationally. On the other hand, and unlike a large part of scientific knowledge generated in peripheral contexts, it has major social applications. This work describes the different dimensions of the origin and development of this discipline in Argentina, the cognitive condition of the field in 1983 and, briefly, its development until today, its institutional dimension, the existence of other research traditions and certain social dimensions which, we believe, are the basis for the success of this scientific discipline.

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Author Biography

Luciano G. Levin, Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la CyT, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes y Centro de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Universidad Maimónides
Doctor en Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Pertenencia institucional: Investigador en el Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la CyT, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes y Centro de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Universidad Maimónides, Quilmes, Argentina.
Published
2016-12-18
How to Cite
Levin, L. G. (2016). When the Periphery Becomes the Center. Forensic Anthropology in Argentina, a Case of Socially Relevant Scientific Knowledge Production. Cuadernos De antropología Social, (42), 35-54. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i42.2300
Section
Espacio Abierto - Artículos Originales