Police have powerful new genetic tools. How are we going to regulate their use? A Genetic Data Protection Act is one solution to ensure confidence in the way DNA is accessed and used.
Articles on Genealogy
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The chances of your genetic data being recorded by the state depend on who you are.
DNA evidence tracks the ancient history of the Jewish people.
The results of genetic ancestry tests are grossly over-simplified. A new study shows the tests reinforce what you want to believe rather than offering objective, scientific proof of who you are.
Car parks seem to be intersecting with English history quite a bit lately.
More people are sending off saliva samples to find out about their genetic roots. But the raw DNA results go way beyond genealogical data – and could deliver unintended consequences.
Ancestry and identity are not the same thing. A scientist tells the story of what happened when he sent his DNA to an ancestry company.
We’re at the point in DNA technology where individuals who – having parted with $99 and a small vial of saliva – may suddenly find themselves in a criminal investigation.
A public genealogy data base was used to track down the so-called “Golden State Killer,” raising concerns about the privacy of using public sites to fill out our family trees.
The current craze to search for our ancestry is complicated and paradoxical. We want to know we are connected – yet we crave to be unique. Moral white panic is also involved and so is big business.
New census data sheds light on the country’s Indigenous population. In Eastern Canada, the rise in people claiming to be “Métis” is a controversial case of “settler self-indigenization.”
Was Ned Kelly a Robin Hood warrior or a lone wolf/dangerous criminal/whacko? Given enough cultural oxygen, outlaws are apt to become folk heroes - something today’s shock jocks might care to remember.
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Professor of English, York University, Canada
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Professor of Genetics and Public Engagement, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor, Department of Social Justice and Community Studies, Saint Mary’s University
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Professor of Forensic Genetics, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Native Studies and Department of Political Science , University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University
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Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Anthropology, Deakin University
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Researcher, Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slave-Ownership, UCL
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Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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University of Canberra
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UNSW
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Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, University of Bristol