Abstract

ITURRALDE, Diego. Utilidades de la antropología jurídica en el campo de los derechos humanos: experiencias recientes. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2008, vol.3, n.5, pp.41-73. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2008.5.207.

This article applies a legal anthropology approach to exploration and development of new research practices in the human rights field, based on the experience accumulated in recent years by the Inter-American Institute on Human Rights. The process has included the review and reorientation of research trends in this theme, with the purpose, on one hand, of steering toward departure from the privileged role held by analyses of rights violations, in favor of the incorporation of other paths of exploration that address variations in their promotion and protection. And, on the other hand, to favor an adequate balance between the legal perspective and the political and social perspectives of phenomena related to human rights and democracy. The article presents frameworks on the development of legal anthropology and approaches to human rights research, as well as examples of some applications that have implied adaptations in the definition of the object, in methodological applications, and in types of results, as well as a reflection on the meeting point between these two traditions.

Keywords : Legal anthropology; human rights; research practices.

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