Roderick R. McInnes, ASHG Presidential Address: “Culture, the Silent Language Geneticists Must Learn to Speak”
Roderick R. McInnes I first wrote the blog entry below last November, a reaction to an important address given November 3, 2010 at the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) by outgoing president, Rod [...]
Hegemonic STEM fields & Nancy Scheper-Hughes editorial on Berkeley frosh DNA testing
In a guest editorial in Anthropology Today, UC Berkeley anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes describes her experience and that of other faculty from across UC Berkeley who expressed concerns this past May when we first learned about the [...]
Predictable press on PhysAnth article on Native American mtDNA in Iceland
There have been sensationalist claims in the press during the last week following the publication in The American Journal of Physical Anthropology of Ebeneserdottir et al's A New Subclade of mtDNA Haplogroup C1 Found in Icelanders: [...]
Genetic ancestry tests incommensurable with tribal enrollment
Yesterday at the DCI National Tribal Enrollment Conference, several tribal enrollment department staff members told us about individuals attempting to apply for tribal membership using genetic ancestry test results as documentary proof of their right to be enrolled. [...]
Excellent article on enrollment & blood rules
Went to a fascinating morning session here in Albuquerque @ DCI America's National Tribal Enrollment Conference. It occurred to me that many of the tribal enrollment directors and staff in the session would benefit (if they [...]