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What we are missing about the Missing; searching for the disappeared victims of armed conflict

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Changing Character of War
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One of the aspects of the changing character of war is an increased awareness of and attention to those who go missing due to armed conflict.

This presentation will discuss changing norms and competing frameworks that surround the search for the missing. Derek Congram is a forensic anthropologist and a Research Associate in the Global Justice Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada. He has a Ph.D. in Archaeology, with a focus on bioarchaeology (the analysis of skeletal remains in archaeological contexts).

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Changing Character of War
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Derek Congram
Keywords
war
conflict
politics
Department: Pembroke College
Date Added: 05/12/2016
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