The Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) was launched in 1991 by a
group of population geneticists whose aim was to map genetic
diversity in hundreds of human populations by tracing the
similarities and differences between them. It quickly became
controversial and was accused of racism and 'bad science' because
of the special interest paid to sampling cell material from
isolated and indigenous populations. The author spent a year
carrying out participant observation in two of the laboratories
involved and provides fascinating insights into daily routines and
technologies used in those laboratories and also into issues of
normativity, standardization and naturalisation. Drawing on debates
and theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences,
M'charek explores the relationship between the tools used to
produce knowledge and the knowledge thus produced in a way that
illuminates the HGDP but also contributes to our broader
understanding of the contemporary life sciences and their social
implications.
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