Reinterrogating race in scientific research : a view from the history of physical anthropology
Date
2020
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African Sun Media
Abstract
It might come as a surprise to some to learn that the concept of race is a fairly recent
phenomenon in the history of humanity. Race, as a marker of human difference,
was only introduced in the sixteenth century. However, over the course of a few
centuries, the world would witness a powerful transformation in the “perceptions
of human difference” as framed by the concept of race.1 First, there was the
introduction of racial variation based on observable differences, then the idea of
racial categorisation, followed by the idea that these categories could be organised
according to a human hierarchy.
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CITATION: Walters, H. 2020. Reinterrogating race in scientific research : a view from the history of physical anthropology, in Jansen, J. & Walters, C. (eds). 2020. Fault lines : a primer on race, science and society. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480495/03.
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Keywords
Research -- Moral and ethical aspects, Science -- Social aspects, Physical anthropology
Citation
Walters, H. 2020. Reinterrogating race in scientific research : a view from the history of physical anthropology, in Jansen, J. & Walters, C. (eds). 2020. Fault lines : a primer on race, science and society. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480495/03.