{"id":1032,"date":"2015-05-15T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2015-05-15T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T22:56:02","slug":"dunedins-genetic-inheritance-and-caribbean-cultural-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/dunedins-genetic-inheritance-and-caribbean-cultural-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunedin’s Genetic Inheritance and Caribbean Cultural Thought."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centre has recently\u00a0hosted\u00a0two\u00a0riveting research-based talks.<\/p>\n

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Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

The first, on Sunday 10 May, was part of the Centre’s ongoing project, Global Dunedin. \u00a0Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, a biological anthropologist from Genetics Otago gave a public lecture at Toit\u016b: Otago Settlers Museum,\u00a0\u201cWho do you think you are – Dunedin?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa discussed the genetic ancestry of Dunedin’s population based on the testing of randomly selected DNA samples. \u00a0This research is part of\u00a0\u00a0the “Africa to Aotearoa” project, in which Lisa looks at the deep ancestry of New Zealanders, which in turn\u00a0is part of a wider international study, the Genographic project,\u00a0funded in part by National Geographic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 While one might\u00a0\u00a0suspect that Dunedin’s genetic make-up\u00a0is essentially homogenous from its Scottish heritage, the research shows just how diverse Dunedin’s population is, in line with other major cities in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

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Dr Aaron Kamugisha<\/p><\/div>\n

On Thursday, May 15 visiting scholar Dr Aaron Kamugisha gave a CRoCC seminar, “The Caribbean’s Intellectual History through Culture”. Aaron discussed the global impact of Caribbean theorist’s, particularly CLR James, amongst others, on the development and dissemination of anti-colonial thought and intellectual traditions. He placed these theorists in the context of the development of two threads of intellectual history: Caribbean Studies and Caribbean Cultural Studies, but argued that these thinkers ought to be understood in term of Caribbean radical thought.<\/p>\n

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