O contexto da denúncia na Comissão da Verdade e Reconciliação Peruana.: A política do testemunho e o conhecimento científico.
This text analyses Truth Commissions as a political mechanism taking into account two elements: one, the central role of testimonies in providing both ethical and political legitimacy to truth commissions and information regarding the violation of human rights; two, the work of professionals from la...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade FUMEC, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Sociais e da Saúde
2011
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| Online Access: | http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4057605 |
| Source: | Meritum, ISSN 2238-6939, Vol. 6, Nº. 2, 2011, pags. 349-386 |
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This text analyses Truth Commissions as a political
mechanism taking into account two elements: one, the central role
of testimonies in providing both ethical and political legitimacy
to truth commissions and information regarding the violation of
human rights; two, the work of professionals from law and the
social sciences in providing scientific legitimacy and in their
position as �privileged� witnesses of the truth-telling process.
Throughout the analysis of a specific case � the Peruvian Truth
and Reconciliation Commission� I discuss the possibilities of
scientific knowledge to produce a more complete understanding
of �the violence� and the need to question certain interpretative
assumptions regarding the political agency of certain populations,
in this case, of the Andean rural communities. |
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