TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jansen,Jonathan
AU  - Walters,Cyrill
TI  - Fault Lines: A Primer on Race, Science and Society
SN  - 9781928480495
AV  - Q180.55.M67 .F385 2020
U1  - 174.95 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Stellenbosch
PB  - African Sun Media
KW  - Research-Moral and ethical aspects-South Africa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Preface -- Introduction -- Is race real? -- Where does race come from? -- How does any group (such as coloureds) come to be a racial problem? -- Why are women of colour represented negatively in research? -- Is research not objective? -- What are the ethical foundations of sound research (on race)? -- What does a critical (rather than essentialist) study of race look like? -- What does a systemic (or structural) rather than racial group analysis of problems look like? -- Does method matter when the questions are flawed? -- Can race be unlearned? -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION A: Race and the Genes -- 01. The Role of Genetics in Racial Categorisation of Humans -- Introduction -- The basics of DNA -- Genetic variation in humans: How did this come about? -- Link between genetic variation and human disease -- Concept of race: On what is the label based? -- Eugenics -- Concluding remarks -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 02. The Boomerang: How eugenics and racial science in the German colonies rebounded on Europe and the rest of the world -- Introduction -- The boomerang -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION B: Race and the Present Past -- 03. Reinterrogating Race in Scientific Research: A view from the history of physical anthropology -- Introduction -- A short history of physical anthropology -- Physical anthropology comes to Stellenbosch University -- A lesson from history -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 04. A Century of Misery Research on Coloured People -- Introduction -- Digging in the archives -- A thematic analysis of race and research at Stellenbosch University -- Making sense of a century of misery research on coloured people -- Misery research and the compulsion to compare -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography; 05. Pitfalls of a Profession: Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective -- "Volksgeskiedenis" and academe -- The mantra of "objective-scientific" history -- Implications -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION C: Making up Race and "the Other" in the Social and Medical Sciences -- 06. Difficult Knowledge: The state of the discussion around 'race' in the social sciences -- Introduction -- The social construction explanation -- Some caveats -- Racial realism -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 07. Race and Health: Dilemmas of the South African health researcher -- Introduction -- Explaining the influence of race on health and disease -- Concepts related to race -- International debates about the use of racial terminology in health research -- Investigating the use of race in health research at Stellenbosch University -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 08. Of "Basters" and "Bastards": Overcoming the problematic connection of race and gender in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation -- A mere translation error? -- Border anxiety -- From disgust to abjection -- From disgust to humanity -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 09. Disability: The forgotten side of race science -- Story 1: Disability and the politics of time -- Story 2: The politics of (lack of) accommodation -- Story 3: The illegitimacy of anger -- Discussion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION D: The Gender Question in Racial Science -- 10. Race, Science and Gender: Producing the black woman's body as the deviant, degenerate "other" -- On race and racial terminology -- A brief history of race science -- Contemporary recursions of scientific racism, and how they produce gender -- Endnotes -- Bibliography; 11. Problematising Race and Gender in Everyday Research Processes: A model of feminist research praxis -- Introduction -- A gender perspective -- Issues of race hiding in plain sight -- The feminist research process -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION E: Performing Race -- 12. Race and the Politics of Knowledge in Sports Science -- Introduction -- Race in sports science -- Uncovering networks of race in modern-day sports science -- Final thoughts -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 13. Music's "Non-Political Neutrality": When race dare not speak its name -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION F: Unlearning Race -- 14. "Race" by Any Other Name Would Smell -- A personal journey -- A perspective from the field: Higher education studies -- Researching "race" -- Intergenerational conversations -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 15. Unlearning Race: The 'Introduction to the Humanities' curriculum at Stellenbosch University -- Introduction -- The social context that produces offensive research -- The institutional context of knowledge production -- Then the dam wall burst -- Rationale for EDPs at South African universities -- Student-centredness -- Multilingualism -- Students' knowledge and experiences -- Grappling with the meanings of race inthe aftermath of the troubled publication -- When good intentions are undermined by race essentialist discourse -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- SECTION G: The Ethics Question in Racial Science -- 16. Science, Race and Ethics -- A historical perspective -- Exploitation of research participants -- Project Coast (1981‑1995) -- The Bezwoda case -- Race as a research variable in science -- Ethical research must be scientifically sound -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Contributing Authors
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