Syllabus:

DNA and historical identity, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: DNA och historisk identitet

This syllabus is valid: 2025-01-20 and until further notice

Course code: 1MU079

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Museology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Culture and Media Studies

Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2024-08-29

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Valid from: 2025 week 4

Horsburgh K. Anne
Molecular anthropology: the judicial use of genetic data in archaeology
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol 56, ss 141–145 : 2015 :
Tillgänglig online:
Mandatory

In the blood: the myth and reality of genetic markers of identity
Jobling Mark A., Rasteiro Rita, Wetton Jon H.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol 39(2), : 2016 :
Tillgänglig via Umeå UB
Mandatory

Diagrams of Human Genetic Kinship and Diversity: From the Tree to the Mosaic and the Network?
Sommer Marianne, Amstutz Ruth
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press : 2024 :
Open Access
Mandatory

M’Charek Amade
Whitewashing the Neanderthal: Doing Time with Ancient DNA
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press : 2024 :
Open Access
Mandatory

Nyblom Andreas
The Lagertha Complex: Archaeogenomics and the Viking Stage
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press : 2024 :
Mandatory

Fiskesjö Magnus
Ancient DNA and the Politics of Ethnicity in Neo-Nationalist China
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press : 2024 :
Open Access
Mandatory

Strand Daniel
I am a Viking! : DNA, popular culture and the construction of geneticized identity
Taylor & Francis : 2021 :

Mandatory