Mestizo Genomics

Peter Wade is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester.Carlos LÓpez BeltrÁn is a historian of science and senior researcher in the Instituto de Investigaciones FilosÓficas, Universidad Nacional AutÓnoma de MÉxico.Eduardo Restrepo is a social anthropologist working in the Department of Cultural Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in BogotÁ.Ricardo Ventura Santos is an anthropologist and senior researcher at the National School of Public Health of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and Associate Professor of Anthropology with the National Museum at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

“[T]he virtues of the book are many: it opens the geographical scope of studies of genomic research and productively engages with contemporary reconfigurations of race and nation. Last, but not least, it demonstrates the enormous value of collaborative transnational research for science and technology studies.” - Edna Suárez-Díaz (Journal of Latin American Geography) "Mestizo Genomics makes an important contribution to the study of biology and the human sciences in Latin America.... This book will be useful to any scholar interested in science, race, and nation in Latin America as well as those considering how to formulate large-scale interdisciplinary projects." - Sarah Walsh (The Latin Americanist) "...this collection is vibrant and exciting, throwing up (without closing down) a finessed repertoire of compelling debates that tantalize with irresistible conceptual nuggets primed for future inquiry.... This kind of heuristic analysis looks set to enhance and extend discussions of mestizaje in the twenty-first century, in the academy and beyond." - Victoria Carroll (History) "All in all, the clarity of the project, the skill of the researchers, and the fine editing of the book as a whole allow for a study of great breadth and significance.... Mestizo Genomics will be of great interest to science studies scholars interested in racial science, biology, and genomics. Latin Americanists will find a compelling description of the historic and recent developments in scientific theories of diversity, unity, and homogenous identity in the area, and Latin America’s variety and specific taxonomies should be instructive to scholars of U.S. and European genomics." - Julia Rodriguez (ISIS) "This book... clearly contributes to current international debates on race, genomics and biomedicine. This work is not only of interest to biological anthropologists and historians of science, but also to a wider audience that should include evolutionary biologists and social scientists.” - Ana Barahona (Metascience)

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Genomics, Race Mixture, and Nation in Latin America / Peter Wade, Carlos López Beltrán, Eduardo Restrepo, and Ricardo Ventura Santos Part I. History and Context 1. From Degeneration to Meeting Point: Historical Views on Race, Mixture, and the Biological Diversity of the Brazilian Population / Ricardo Ventura Santos, Michael Kent, and Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto 2. Nation and Difference in the Genetic Imagination of Colombia / Eduardo Restrepo, Ernesto Schwartz-Marín, and Roosbelinda Cádenas 3. Negotiating the Mexican Mestizo: On the Possibility of a National Genomics / Carlos López Beltrán, Vivette García Deister, and Mariana Rios Sandoval Part II. Laboratory Case Studies 4. "The Charrua Are Alive": The Genetic Resurrection of an Extinct Indigenous Population in Southern Brazil / Michael Kent and Ricardo Ventura Santos 5. The Travels of Humans, Categories, and Other Genetic Products: A Case Study of the Practice of Population Genetics in Colombia / María Fernanda Olarte Sierra and Adriana Díaz del Castillo H. 6. Laboratory Life of the Mexican Mestizo / Vivette García Deister 7. Social Categories and Laboratory Practices in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico: A Comparative Overview / Peter Wade, Vivette García Deister, Michael Kent, and María Fernanda Olarte Sierra Conclusion: Race, Multiculturalism, and Genomics in Latin America / Peter Wade Appendix; Methods and Contexts References Contributors Index