In this episode, guest producer Laura Cirilo examines how the idea of closure configures into international applications of forensic anthropological practice in conversation with Dr. Sarah Wagner, Professor of Anthropology at the George Washington University, and Dr. Mercedes Salado, a member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. The episode was produced as a part of the Vital Topics Forum, "How Academic Diversity is Transforming Scientific Knowledge in Biological Anthropology" in Volume 121, Issue 2 of American Anthropologist. 

American Anthropologist Vital Topics Forum on Forensic Anthropology: https://www.americananthropologist.org/online-content/vital-topics-forum-how-academic-diversity-is-transforming-scientific-knowledge-in-biological-anthropology

Transcript: https://youtu.be/BEasaVg5BcQ
Close-Captioning: https://youtu.be/BEasaVg5BcQ 

Credits:
Production & Editing: Laura Cirilo
Writing: Jaymelee Kim, Cate Bird, and Davette Gadison
Thumbnail Image: Jaymelee Kim
Additional Editorial Support - Elaine Chu and Matt Go
Executive Producer - Anar Parikh
Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"

S04 E02: The Myth of Closure

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