The Human Genome Diversity Project : an ethnography of scientific practice / Amade M'charek.
"The Human Genome Diversity Project 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...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in society and the life sciences.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "The Human Genome Diversity Project 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 in analysis of genetic diversity and provides fascinating insights into the daily routines and technologies used in those laboratories and also into issues of normativity, standardization and naturalization. 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 Diversity Project but also contributes to our broader understanding of the contemporary life sciences and their social implications."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 213 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511080077 9780511080074 0511080832 9780511080838 0511170874 9780511170874 0511489161 9780511489167 0521539870 9780521539876 1280421835 9781280421839 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511489167 |