The influence of biological affinity and sex on morphometric parameters of the clavicle in a South African sample

Scott, Shelby; Peckmann, Tanya R.; Alblas, Amanda

doi:10.1002/ajhb.23144

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“…The diametric size of the human clavicle, for example, is closely measured and compared for Coloureds with Black Americans, White Americans, and Greeks. This research found that the clavicles of Coloured men are smaller than those of Black Americans (Scott et al 2018). Similarly, Coloured women have smaller clavicles than Coloured men.…”

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confidence: 65%

A Troubled Body of Knowledge: The Durability of Racial Science in Human Anatomy Research in South Africa

Walters¹,

Jansen²

2022

Comparative Education Review

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This article examines the durability of racial science in the field of anatomy at one of South Africa's oldest universities and its resonance with race essentialist research in other national and transnational contexts. We present a critical assessment of more than 70 published and unpublished papers in anatomy through the lens of the politics of knowledge; in this perspective, scientific knowledge is viewed as socially constructed, value-laden, and acting in the service of power. The study finds that racial science thinking in medical science research persists after apartheid, that "race" is a poor proxy for explaining complex patterns of disease, and that by medicalizing health maladies scientists fail to account for their links to racialized inequalities in the broader society. Research on the workings of racial science in the health sciences suggests promising new lines of inquiry into the study of "racial projects" in comparative and international education.

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Section: The Ideological Commitment To Finding Differencementioning

confidence: 65%