Summary

Dr. Nicole Iturriaga of UC – Irvine joined the show to talk about her book: Exhuming Violent Histories: Forensics, Memory, and Rewriting Spain’s Past. In this episode, we discuss the history of the Spanish Civil War, how forensics can help change perceptions and heal communities, and how the general public perceives forensic anthropology.

Recommendations

• Dr. Iturriaga’s website
• N. Iturriaga (2022). Exhuming Violent Histories: Forensics, Memory, and Rewriting Spain’s Past. Columbia University Press.
• Iturriaga, N., & Denman, D. S. (2022). The necropolitical spectrum: Political lives of the surplus dead. Human Remains and Violence, 8(1), 3-22. Retrieved Jun 3, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.7227/HRV.8.1.2
• Library of Congress’ Black Wallstreet in Tulsa/1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
• S. Ellsworth. (2022). The Ground Breaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City’s Search for Justice. Dutton.
• R. Das. (2011). Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart. HarperOne.
• J. Didion. (1968). Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Farar, Strauss, and Giroux.
• B. Evaristo. (2019). Girl, Woman, Other. Grove Press.
• E. St John-Mandel. (2023). Sea of Tranquility. Vintage.
• M. Owens & D. Owens. (1992). Cry of the Kalahari. Mariner Books.