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Anthropological Witness
2022
Overview
Anthropological Witness tells
the story of Alexander Laban Hinton's encounter with an accused
architect of genocide and, more broadly, Hinton's attempt to
navigate the promises and perils of expert testimony. In
March 2016, Hinton served as an expert witness at the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, an international tribunal
established to try senior Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes committed
during the 1975-79 Cambodian genocide. His testimony culminated in
a direct exchange with Pol Pot's notorious right-hand man, Nuon
Chea, who was engaged in genocide denial.
Anthropological Witness looks at big questions about
the ethical imperatives and epistemological assumptions involved in
explanation and the role of the public scholar in addressing issues
relating to truth, justice, social repair, and genocide. Hinton
asks: Can scholars who serve as expert witnesses effectively
contribute to international atrocity crimes tribunals where the
focus is on legal guilt as opposed to academic explanation? What
does the answer to this question say more generally about academia
and the public sphere? At a time when the world faces a multitude
of challenges, the answers Hinton provides to such questions about
public scholarship are urgent.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Subject
/ Cambodia
/ Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979
/ Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979.GBC2E0539
/ Courts
/ Evidence, Expert -- Cambodia
/ expert witness testimony in international criminal tribunal
/ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
/ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia -- https://isni.org/isni/0000000089467950
/ LAW
/ Nuon Chea(1926-2019) -- Trials, litigation, etc
/ Nuon Chea, 1926- -- Trials, litigation, etc
/ public scholars in the courtroom
/ public scholarship and expert witnesses
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
/ Trials (Crimes against humanity)
/ Trials (Crimes against humanity) -- Cambodia
ISBN
9781501765698, 1501765698, 1501765701, 9781501765704, 150176571X, 9781501765681, 150176568X, 9781501765711
