Mestizaje e identidad en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Experiencias desde la búsqueda individual de datos genéticos

Rocca, Francisco Di Fabio; Spina, Sofía; Coirini, Elianna; Gago, Julia; Rico, Jessica Patiño; Dejean, Cristina Beatriz; Avena, Sergio Alejandro

doi:10.22201/iia.24486221e.2018.1.62655

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“…Many of the mostly young and left-wing workshop participants were interested in learning more about their own possible Indigenous histories, and the workshop offered a buffet of approaches, including a brief overview of different Indigenous groups and a discussion of museums and archives where community members could learn more about this history and the ongoing challenges of land loss and dispossession of recognized grupos indígenas. Anthropologists working on these genetics projects have written about people's interest in participating in genetic studies to trace these Indigenous and Afro-Argentine histories in their own genes, with young people in particular drawn to these forms of re-identification (Di Fabio Rocca et al 2018).…”

Section: Identification By Means Of Indigeneity In Argentinamentioning

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Genetic syncretism: Latin American forensics and global indigenous organizing

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García‐Deister

2021

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In the 1970s, Latin America became a global laboratory for military interventions, the cultivation of terror, and ideological and economic transformation. In response, family groups and young scientists forged a new activist forensics focused on human rights, victim-centered justice, and state accountability, inaugurating new forms of forensic practice. We examine how this new form of forensic practice centered in forensic genetics has led to a critical engagement with Indigeneity both within and outside the lab. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with human rights activists and forensic scientists in Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico, this paper examines the relationship between forensic genetics, Indigenous organizing, and human rights practice. We offer the concept of ‘genetic syncretism’ to attend to spaces where multiple and competing beliefs about genetics, justice, and Indigenous identity are worked out through (1) coming together in care, (2) incorporation, and (3) ritual. Helping to unpack the uneasy and incomplete alliance of Indigenous interests and forensic genetic practice in Latin American, genetic syncretism offers a theoretical lens that is attentive to how differentials of power embedded in colonial logics and scientific practice are brokered through the coming together of seemingly incompatible beliefs and practices.

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Section: Identification By Means Of Indigeneity In Argentinamentioning

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Genetic syncretism: Latin American forensics and global indigenous organizing

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García‐Deister

2021

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“…La presencia, en muchas ocasiones elevada y hasta mayoritaria, de componentes no europeos en el acervo génico fue utilizada para remarcar la falta de sustento de dicha narrativa. Para ampliar, véanse Avena et al (2013), Salzano y Sans (2014) y Di Fabio Rocca et al (2018).…”

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“…Estas categorías no son excluyentes entre sí y su explicitación por parte de los sujetos puede surgir en diversos momentos de las entrevistas.Distinguimos entonces una serie de categorías: la curiosidad que motivó a buscar datos nuevos y ampliar la información genealógica disponible; el interés de corroborar, verificar o probar algún dato, historia o idea preexistente; las ganas de develar o descubrir algo distinto a lo conocido; la posibilidad de conocer algo que pueda completar o reparar una historia que se siente fragmentada. Otros motivos que distinguimos fueron la búsqueda o la necesidad relacionadas con el ámbito laboral, profesional o académico; el interés por las novedades científicas, y la decisión de realizarse un test genético por acompañar a un familiar o amigo.Las categorías restantes corresponden al interés del equipo por estudiar los procesos de mestizaje e identidad en el país(Di Fabio Rocca et al 2018) y distinguen motivación por conocer la información de la ancestría según la región: americana, europea, africana o del Cercano Oriente.…”

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Perspectivas, motivaciones e intereses en la búsqueda de ancestrías genéticas en Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rocca

Smietniansky

Spina

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Este artículo propone una aproximación etnográfica al estudio de las perspectivas, motivaciones e intereses de los individuos participantes en el proyecto “Ancestría genética e identidad”. Basados en un corpus de entrevistas y en un marco teórico que utiliza los conceptos de genealogía y pedigrí, indagamos la significación que el dato genético adquiere en la recreación de las historias e identidades personales y familiares, así como el modo en que el test de ancestría genética se articula y entra en negociación con otras experiencias y registros de tipo oral o escrito. En el marco de las investigaciones desarrolladas en este campo, también señalamos la importancia de considerar los contextos sociales, jurídicos y políticos para comprender el impacto de estas nuevas tecnologías.

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“…The concept of a “white Argentina” with a state control ideologically Eurocentric was imposed itself on a heterogeneous nation and enhanced the invisibility of the indigenous and afro‐descendant people (Di Fabio Rocca et al, 2018). Since the early colonial times, this region accumulated a European hegemony.…”

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Social injustice unveiled by genetic analysis: Argentina as a case study

Corach

Caputo

2022

American J Hum Biol

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Background: The population of the American countries is genetically heterogeneous, whose genesis result from of recent admixture events. In this process, the transoceanic European component displaced the original inhabitants of the continent.Aim: To investigate whether socially differentiated cohorts exhibit underlying ancestry components within an urban admixed population, two cohorts of individuals inhabiting Argentina were studied. One cohort included genetically unrelated individuals involved in voluntary paternity testing while the other included sexual or blood-crime suspects.Materials & Methods: We analyzed over 2500 unrelated individuals: four Native American maternal lineage mtDNA markers in 1024 samples, five Y chromosome haplogroups in 658 male samples, 24 autosomal ancestry informative markers (AIMs) in 205 samples, and 15 autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs) in 1557 samples; countrywide and divided by regions.Results: While our results confirm a tricontinental ethnic contribution to both cohorts, their proportions showed statistically significant differences, with a higher proportion of Native American ancestry in the cohort linked to violent crimes compared to those in paternity testing. This hallmark was observed with all the marker sets used and at various levels of analysis.Discussion: Since paternity tests are costly, socio-economic differences might help to interpret our observations. The effect of discrimination against descendants of Native American minorities, and exposure to violent social environments, might link marginal groups to criminality. Conclusion:Our findings underscore the relevance of proper social management since only by improving living conditions, reducing discrimination, promoting education, and providing job opportunities will it be possible to attain equality in a heterogeneous society. Genetic markers proved to be highly informative in unveiling unexpected social differences.

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Mestizaje e identidad en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Experiencias desde la búsqueda individual de datos genéticos

Cited by 9 publications

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Genetic syncretism: Latin American forensics and global indigenous organizing

Genetic syncretism: Latin American forensics and global indigenous organizing

Perspectivas, motivaciones e intereses en la búsqueda de ancestrías genéticas en Buenos Aires, Argentina

Social injustice unveiled by genetic analysis: Argentina as a case study

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