Genetics, Culture and Ethnic Identity: A Multi-Disciplinary Symposium

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• Peter Forster, Katharina Schramm, David Skinner, Bronwen Walter
• Wednesday 12 March 2008, 15:30-18:00
• Room 251, Helmore Building, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, CB1 1PT.

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Increasingly people are turning to the science of DNA to answer questions about their origins and identities. A group of experts from Anthropology, Forensic Science and Sociology discuss the context and implications of this new development.

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Papers:

Dr Peter Forster (Forensic Science, Anglia Ruskin University) Tracing Human Ancestry using DNA

Dr Katharina Schramm (Graduate School Asia and Africa in World Reference Systems, Halle, Germany) Redefining the African Family? Diaspora, Kinship, Genetics

Dr David Skinner (Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University) The Emerging Biopolitics of Race and Racism

Bronwen Walter (Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies, Anglia Ruskin University) Family Trees, Blood and Looks: Conceptualising Multi-Generational Irish Identities

This talk is part of the Justice and Communities Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University series.

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