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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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, 2014 Genetics and the biological sciences are the two contemporary scientific fields most readily called to mind in thinking about science and eugenics. Yet the history of another discipline, psychology, is enmeshed more intricately with eugenics than are the
Wilson, Robert A.
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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
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Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2023 Eugenics had popular appeal and expressions in early 20th-century Denmark. This article tells two stories of what eugenics looked like ‘in the hands’ of bourgeois Danish women as they promoted ‘racial hygiene’ through cultural production.
Victoria E. Pihl Sørensen
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Weaponizing Nature, Naturalizing Violence: Anthropologies of Ecofascism
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT After decades of denial and obstruction, the global Right is increasingly willing to acknowledge that climate change is a threat to lives and lifeways everywhere. Moreover, some seize on the specter of ecological collapse to advance fascistic politics.
Chloe Ahmann +7 more
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Laypeople's Views on the Narrative Identity and Societal Treatment of Genetically Modified People
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Genome editing in human embryos could raise new ethical issues by changing future people's narrative and numerical identity. Most philosophers agree that some genetic modifications would have larger effects on identity than others, but they disagree on what criteria might explain these differences and have not supported their claims ...
Derek So, Yann Joly, Robert Sladek
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Nietzsche, Evolution and Eugenics: A Consideration of a Debate in China
Cuestiones de FilosofíaNietzsche, evolution and eugenics have been the subject of intense debate in academic circles for some time. This article attempts to clarify a debate that has taken place in China and, on this basis, to reconsider the following question: Should ...
Han Wangwei (韩王韦)
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Brésil(s), 2023 Under the precepts of Galtonian eugenics, eugenic contests were organized in Brazil to elect and disseminate the « ideal national profile ». Based on newspapers and specialized journals, this article discusses the eugenic perspective deployed in these ...
Leonardo Dallacqua de Carvalho +1 more
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The trajectories of eugenics [PDF]
, 2018 Introduzione al numero monografico di Contemporanea intitolato "Present days-eugenics"
Betta, E.
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Parenting Experiences Among Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Parents with intellectual disabilities face many barriers to accessing efficacious supports and services designed to support thriving in their parenting role. A review of research in this area may identify a nuanced understanding of common experiences, including potential barriers and facilitators to success and thriving.
Rae Morris +4 more
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