sociogenomics2023

Sociogenomcis 2022/2023 students’ presentations

Structure of the presentations

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• 20 minute max presentation
• 2 or 3 people groups
• Introduce the topic of discussion, based on the suggested material
• Feel free to search for other material
• Do not hesitate to make questions to sparkle discussion in class after your presentation
• Be creative

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Topics

1. Birth of Eugenics 13/03/2023

• Bad Blood podcast Episode 1
• Bad Blood podcast Episode 2

2. Ancestry and Genetics 13/03/2023

• Chapter 2 of “How to Argue with a Racist, Adam Rutherford”
• Ancestry Re-imagined
• Genetics ancestry groups and genetic similarity *

3. Genetic sorting and social mobility 15/03/2023

Valentina Idda; Benedetta Felici; Jose Gabriel Escarraman

• Chapter 4, “The Genome Factor, Conley & Fletcher”
• The Bell Curve Revisited: Testing Controversial Hypotheses with Molecular Genetic Data

4. Newgenics 15/03/2023

• Bad Blood podcast Episode 5
• Bad Blood podcast Episode 6