Forensic Colonialism
Critical scholars like Troy Duster, Duana Fullwiley and Amade M’charek have demonstrated that racial concepts have pervaded forensic genetics research, development, and implementation. Adding to these debates, my new book Forensic Colonialism: Genetics and the Capture of Indigenous Peoples (McGill-Queens 2023) shows how influential scientists, first in the USA, then in the European Union and China, have variously used Indigenous peoples as...