The Human Genome Diversity Project
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Author | : Amade M'Charek |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2005-01-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781139442404 |
The Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) was launched in 1991 by a group of population geneticists whose aim was to map genetic diversity in hundreds of human populations by tracing the similarities and differences between them. It quickly became controversial and was accused of racism and 'bad science' because of the special interest paid to sampling cell material from isolated and indigenous populations. The author spent a year carrying out participant observation in two of the laboratories involved and provides fascinating insights into daily routines and technologies used in those laboratories and also into issues of normativity, standardization and naturalisation. Drawing on debates and theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences, M'charek explores the relationship between the tools used to produce knowledge and the knowledge thus produced in a way that illuminates the HGDP but also contributes to our broader understanding of the contemporary life sciences and their social implications.
Author | : Jenny Reardon |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2009-02-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1400826403 |
In the summer of 1991, population geneticists and evolutionary biologists proposed to archive human genetic diversity by collecting the genomes of "isolated indigenous populations." Their initiative, which became known as the Human Genome Diversity Project, generated early enthusiasm from those who believed it would enable huge advances in our understanding of human evolution. However, vocal criticism soon emerged. Physical anthropologists accused Project organizers of reimporting racist categories into science. Indigenous-rights leaders saw a "Vampire Project" that sought the blood of indigenous people but not their well-being. More than a decade later, the effort is barely off the ground. How did an initiative whose leaders included some of biology's most respected, socially conscious scientists become so stigmatized? How did these model citizen-scientists come to be viewed as potential racists, even vampires? This book argues that the long abeyance of the Diversity Project points to larger, fundamental questions about how to understand knowledge, democracy, and racism in an age when expert claims about genomes increasingly shape the possibilities for being human. Jenny Reardon demonstrates that far from being innocent tools for fighting racism, scientific ideas and practices embed consequential social and political decisions about who can define race, racism, and democracy, and for what ends. She calls for the adoption of novel conceptual tools that do not oppose science and power, truth and racist ideologies, but rather draw into focus their mutual constitution.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 101 |
Release | : 1998-01-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309184746 |
This book assesses the scientific value and merit of research on human genetic differencesâ€"including a collection of DNA samples that represents the whole of human genetic diversityâ€"and the ethical, organizational, and policy issues surrounding such research. Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity discusses the potential uses of such collection, such as providing insight into human evolution and origins and serving as a springboard for important medical research. It also addresses issues of confidentiality and individual privacy for participants in genetic diversity research studies.
Author | : Henry T. Greely |
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Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Human gene mapping |
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Author | : Sérgio Pena |
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Total Pages | : 3 |
Release | : 1995 |
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Author | : Laurelyn Whitt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2009-08-24 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0521119537 |
Examines how contemporary relations between indigenous and Western nations are shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law.
Author | : Jonathan Marks |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2003-11 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520240642 |
Focusing on the remarkable similarity between chimp and human DNA, the author explores the role of molecular genetics, anthropology, biology, and psychology in the human-ape relationship.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs |
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Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Law |
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Release | : 1999 |
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Features Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP), an international project located at Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies of Stanford University. States that HGDP is a global effort to collect, preserve, analyze, and make available genetic and ethnographic information from people all around the world. HGDP seeks to understand the diversity and unity of the entire human species. Provides HGDP reports, protocol, and FAQs. Presents also Spanish version protocol translated by Jorge M. Rocha, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. Links to related sites.
Author | : Committee on Governmental Affairs |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2016-12-29 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781334823985 |
Excerpt from Human Genome Diversity Project: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, April 26, 1993 I want to distinguish between the Human Genome Project (which is now underway, supported by a combination of sources including the nih and the Department of Energy) and the Diversity Project, which is the topic of today's discussion. As Dr. Marrett has said, the Diversity Project is a proposal seeking a direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.