Tools in the Search for Human Remains: Thinking Through Objects in Forensic Practices
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The work of locating, recovering and identifying the remains of the dead is both a social act and technical challenge. Different tools are mobilised at each stage in this process, mediating between the living and the dead, and between layperson and scientist.