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Authentic, Original, and Valuable: Stabilizing the Genetic Identity in Non‐human and Human Populations in Finland
Author(s) -
Tupasela Aaro,
Tamminen Sakari
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/sena.12163
Subject(s) - indigenous , politics , identity (music) , genetic genealogy , population , sociology , human genetic variation , genealogy , biology , evolutionary biology , epistemology , environmental ethics , genetics , human genome , political science , genome , history , law , demography , aesthetics , gene , philosophy , ecology
The idea of genetic authenticity and origin has been an important issue within genetics for decades for scientific, political, and economic reasons. The question of where species and populations come from, as well as the linking of genetic traits to particular geographical locations, has resurfaced as both a scientific and political site of interest more recently through the study of population genetics in both humans and non‐humans. This article explores the ways in which genetics and notions of ‘authentic’, ‘indigenous’, and ‘endemic’ have become intertwined with everyday practices in research. Using the case of human and non‐human genetics to compare and contrast the various facets associated with genetic identity, we seek to develop a broader picture of the ways in which genetics plays an important role in stabilizing categories of origin.