WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE? NARRATIVES OF ORIGIN, HEREDITY AND IDENTITY INSCRIBED ON THE APPEARANCE
Por:
Nieves Delgado, Abigail, Garcia Deister, Vivette, Lopez Beltran, Carlos
Publicada:
1 sep 2017
Resumen:
Genetic anthropology studies offer evolutionary and migratory narratives
to characterize individuals and human groups based on genetic traits.
From the analysis of genetic information, these studies construct
genealogies that connect body characteristics with geographies and
stories of origin. In recent years, an international group of
researchers worked in a project focused on Latin American populations.
In this paper, we present the results of our ethnographic work and
interviews with participants in this project. Based on this material, we
show that Mexican participants tend to use their physical appearance,
typological ideas of human difference, family stories and family names
to give meaning to scientific terms such as genetic ancestry.
Participants rely on shared visual habits to interpret their own and
others' appearance and to negotiate their belonging to racial, ethnic
and family groups.
Filiaciones:
Nieves Delgado, Abigail:
Ruhr Univ Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Garcia Deister, Vivette:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Lopez Beltran, Carlos:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filosof, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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