Panel Name
Forensic Science and Experimental Forensic Anthropology
Location
Lecture Center Concourse
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:00 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 5:00 PM
Presentation Type
Poster Session
Academic Major
Anthropology
Abstract
Currently, there isn’t much research on whether forensic anthropologists include the identification of intersex humans in human remains. Forensic anthropologists tend to have varied training that is related to identifying skeletal remains, but there isn’t much research about how to identify intersex humans after death or whether they have come across intersex in skeletal remains at all, besides those they have classified as ambiguous. In this paper, I will be researching various skeletal remains to see if the current identification methods of identifying sex are accurate in identifying intersex. I will also research ambiguous and undetermined remains to see if there is a correlation among them that made them fall into that category. I will then observe primary and secondary sexual characteristics that are used in the standard identification methods of humans. With this research, I hope the results will show that those who are born intersex, need new or better guidelines on how to identify them after death. There should be a discussion with subject matter experts on what criteria surrounds the identification of intersex after death. There is not much to base my research on; however, I do think my research could lead to possible updated established guidelines or a new set of guidelines for those who were intersex. I think as the time to continues to pass and society continues to grow, we are now starting to consider other aspects of gender and how that correlates with biological sex. Those who are intersex may have a hard time identifying as either male or female and I think it’s important we start to consider those who don’t fit into the default binary of male or female.
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Course assignment/project
First Faculty Advisor
Jessica Campbell
First Advisor Email
jcampbell4@albany.edu
First Advisor Department
Anthropology
The work you will be presenting can best be described as
Finished or mostly finished by conference date
My poster with customized background and colors with final edits
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Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons, Body Regions Commons, Forensic Science and Technology Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Other Anthropology Commons
Determination of Intersex Humans in Human Remains
Lecture Center Concourse
Currently, there isn’t much research on whether forensic anthropologists include the identification of intersex humans in human remains. Forensic anthropologists tend to have varied training that is related to identifying skeletal remains, but there isn’t much research about how to identify intersex humans after death or whether they have come across intersex in skeletal remains at all, besides those they have classified as ambiguous. In this paper, I will be researching various skeletal remains to see if the current identification methods of identifying sex are accurate in identifying intersex. I will also research ambiguous and undetermined remains to see if there is a correlation among them that made them fall into that category. I will then observe primary and secondary sexual characteristics that are used in the standard identification methods of humans. With this research, I hope the results will show that those who are born intersex, need new or better guidelines on how to identify them after death. There should be a discussion with subject matter experts on what criteria surrounds the identification of intersex after death. There is not much to base my research on; however, I do think my research could lead to possible updated established guidelines or a new set of guidelines for those who were intersex. I think as the time to continues to pass and society continues to grow, we are now starting to consider other aspects of gender and how that correlates with biological sex. Those who are intersex may have a hard time identifying as either male or female and I think it’s important we start to consider those who don’t fit into the default binary of male or female.