This review describes the social and ethical responses to the history of innovations in
forensic genetics and their application to criminal investigations. Following an outline of the …

This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and
engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the …

In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been map** the genomes of
local populations, seeking to locate the genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace …

Territorial borders just like other boundaries are involved in a politics of belonging, a politics
of “us” and “them”. Border management regimes are thus part of processes of othering. In …

The shift from electronic identification to digital identity is indicative of a broader evolution
towards datafication of identity at large. As digital identity emerges from the fringes of …

This article is about the materiality of difference, about race, sex and sexual differences
among others. To find out about these differences and their materialities, this article looks …

Forensic DNA phenoty** (FDP) encompasses a set of technologies geared towards
inferring externally visible characteristics from DNA traces found at crime scenes. As such …

Set in one of the world's most unequal and violent places, this ethnographic study reveals
how insurance companies discovered a vast market of predominantly poor African clients …

Forensic science has come to be assigned an important role in contemporary crime fiction.
In this article, I analyze the cultural repertoire of forensic science conveyed by the popular …

This paper recovers a vignette of a type of citizenship formed around the duties of relatives
of disappeared persons in Mexico. It focuses on the men, women and children from Mexico …