Kim Tallbear (1 ene 1968 año – 20 h 51 m, 25 jun 2025 año)
Descripción:
About:
- Indigenous American; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of South Dakota, PhD @ UC Santa Cruz (under Haraway) and has taught at Arizona State, UC Berkeley, UT Austin, and U of Alberta
- known for work in anthropology, science & technology studies, and indigenous studies
- currently, she is the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society
- she also blogs as The Critical Polyamorist
Major Works:
- Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of
Genetic Science (2013)
- Beyond the Life/Not-Life Binary: A Feminist -Indigenous Reading of Cryopreservation, Interspecies Thinking, and the New Materialisms (2017)
Contributions:
- Critique of Genetic Ancestry Testing
- Decolonizing Science and Technology Studies
- Indigenous Sexualities and Kinship
Critiques:
- her critiques of genetic science challenging established scientific paradigms have sparked debates among scientists and policymakers regarding the role of genetics in identity formation
- some scholars find her interdisciplinary methodology complex, which may pose challenges for those accustomed to traditional disciplinary boundaries
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fecha:
1 ene 1968 año
20 h 51 m, 25 jun 2025 año
~ 57 years