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Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

The foundation of a stable democracy in Spain was built on a settled account: an agreement that both sides were equally guilty of violence, a consensus to avoid contention, and a pact of oblivion as the pathway to peace and democracy. That foundation is beginning to crack as perpetrators' confessions upset the silence and exhumations of mass graves unbury new truths. It has become possible, even if not completely socially acceptable, to speak openly about the past, to disclose the testimonies of the victims, and to ask for truth and justice. Contentious coexistence that put political participation, contestation, and expression in practice has begun to emerge. This book analyzes how this recent transformation has occurred. It recognizes that political processes are not always linear and inexorable. Thus, it remains to be seen how far contentious coexistence will go in Spain.

This paper proposes a conceptualization of the mass graves of defeat, mostly derived from the Spanish Civil War (1936- 1939) and the early Postwar years, understanding them as a radical form of a below ground internal exile. Once the bodies in the mass graves and the violence inscribed in them have been characterized, the paper engages in a social autopsy of how this memory has evolved in contemporary Spain since the year 2000, when the first exhumation of the most recent cycle of Civil War graves took place. The analysis follows the political, judicial, scientific, media and associative impact of these exhumed bodies. ; Este artículo propone una conceptualización de las fosas comunes de la derrota derivadas de la Guerra Civil española (1936- 1939) y la posguerra utilizando la noción del subtierro —asimilable a una forma extrema de exilio interior bajo tierra—, cuyo origen histórico sería el mismo que el de los exiliados, desterrados o transterrados que tuvieron que abandonar España, pero cuyas condiciones de producción y cuya historia social, política, simbólica y judicial desde la guerra hasta el presente tiene características específicas. A partir de ahí, una vez definidos los cuerpos que se encuentran en estas fosas y el tipo de violencia que se inscribió sobre ellos, se realiza una autopsia social de su evolución histórica y del recorrido que su apertura desde el año 2000 está teniendo en la sociedad española contemporánea desde el punto de vista político, judicial, científico, mediático y asociativo.

In this article, we examine mourning policies with respect to exhumations of mass graves from the Peruvian armed conflict. By reflecting on a case in which the exhumed dead, and their relatives, do not conform to the model of legitimate victims, we explore the limits of reparation policies and their effect on reconciliation. We investigate how the 'terrorist mausoleum' led to a significant episode of 'moral panic'. We then analyse the normative perspective on mourning, as implemented in the public sphere, and how mourning, citizenship and nation are related when burying unwelcome dead associated with the figure of the 'terrorist'.

This study explores an effect of violent conflict in Cyprus-Missing Persons-and the process of exhumations. By interviewing experts on the Cypriot conflict about the exhumations process, Fics has revealed the challenges and successes that may arise for sustainable peace and healing in Cyprus and beyond.

Dès la libération du territoire français, des recherches furent engagées pour retrouver les corps des disparus et de nombreuses exhumations eurent lieu. Au moins 70 000 cadavres furent exhumés et réinhumés. Cet article veut décrire ces exhumations et les catégoriser en fonction des catégories de corps telles qu'elles ont été définies à ce moment-là. Les agents de ces exhumations seront ensuite décrits, avec en particulier la recentralisation des décisions d'exhumations au sein du ministère des Anciens combattants et l'intervention progressive des autorités traditionnelles en charge du traitement des cadavres : magistrats et médecins légistes. Enfin des interprétations seront proposées : précédents de l'après-Première Guerre mondiale et rétablissement de la légalité républicaine.