Under a qualitative-ethnographic methodology, this paper reports the findings obtained during fieldwork practice held in May, 2023 in Ayacucho Perú, as part of the Anthropology program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. This paper describes the work of forensic officials and psychological companions during the restitution of human remains of victims from the Internal Armed Conflict in Perú, as well as the relations established with the families of the disappeared. This paper includes ethnographic data gathered from participant observation during the anatomical assemblage of the remains and the official ceremony of restitution, as well as data from semi-structured interviews with State officials, NGO associates and relatives of the returned disappeared persons.We frame the restitution process as a series of actively politicized events that display State-imposed narrative...

Under a qualitative-ethnographic methodology, this paper reports the findings obtained during fieldwork practice held in May, 2023 in Ayacucho Perú, as part of the Anthropology program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. This paper describes the work of forensic officials and psychological companions during the restitution of human remains of victims from the Internal Armed Conflict in Perú, as well as the relations established with the families of the disappeared. This paper includes ethnographic data gathered from participant observation during the anatomical assemblage of the remains and the official ceremony of restitution, as well as data from semi-structured interviews with State officials, NGO associates and relatives of the returned disappeared persons.We frame the restitution process as a series of actively politicized events that display State-imposed narrative...