The results of genetic ancestry tests are grossly over-simplified. A new study shows the tests reinforce what you want to believe rather than offering objective, scientific proof of who you are.
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Car parks seem to be intersecting with English history quite a bit lately.
More people are sending off saliva samples to find out about their genetic roots. But the raw DNA results go way beyond genealogical data – and could deliver unintended consequences.
Ancestry and identity are not the same thing. A scientist tells the story of what happened when he sent his DNA to an ancestry company.
We’re at the point in DNA technology where individuals who – having parted with $99 and a small vial of saliva – may suddenly find themselves in a criminal investigation.
A public genealogy data base was used to track down the so-called “Golden State Killer,” raising concerns about the privacy of using public sites to fill out our family trees.
The current craze to search for our ancestry is complicated and paradoxical. We want to know we are connected – yet we crave to be unique. Moral white panic is also involved and so is big business.
New census data sheds light on the country’s Indigenous population. In Eastern Canada, the rise in people claiming to be “Métis” is a controversial case of “settler self-indigenization.”
Was Ned Kelly a Robin Hood warrior or a lone wolf/dangerous criminal/whacko? Given enough cultural oxygen, outlaws are apt to become folk heroes - something today’s shock jocks might care to remember.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of English, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Department of Social Justice and Community Studies, Saint Mary’s University
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Professor of Genetics and Public Engagement, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Group Leader, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Professor of History, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Lecturer in Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement, La Trobe University
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Director, Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University
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Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo
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Director, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
