![[Search]](/static/images/search.gif){kind=small}
![[A-Z Index]](/static/images/az.gif){kind=small}
![[Contact]](/static/images/contact.gif){kind=small}
![[University of Cambridge]](/static/images/identifier2.gif){kind=small}
![[Talks.cam]](/static/images/talkslogosmall.gif)
Adam Rutherford, University College London 
Tuesday 15 March 2022, 16:30-17:30
Race, scientific racism and genetics
- đ¤ Speaker: Adam Rutherford, University College London đ Website
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 15 March 2022, 16:30 - 17:30
- đ Venue: LCHES Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building Fitzwilliam Street
Abstract
The roots of genetics, anthropology and indeed all the biological sciences are inextricably intertwined with the invention of racial taxonomies. These were designed to serve a political ideology. We have a pernicious history in that regard, but the trajectory of our history is worth celebrating, especially in the dismantling of the biological essentialism of race by contemporary genetics. Nevertheless, the legacy of historical scientific racism persists in our labs and language, and must be confronted in order to serve better representation and better science.
You can also register to attend digitally via zoom, rather than in person: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocOmqqzIjGNzXOY8us9IthJlJBbC3gfdg
Series This talk is part of the Pitt-Rivers Archaeological Science Seminar Series series.
Included in Lists
This talk is not included in any other list.
Note: Ex-directory lists are not shown.