Past Events 2011
Guest lecture by Prof. Martin Richards: "Paternity, DNA testing and the 'genetic connection': a story of geneticisation?", Frankfurt, DE - November 2011
Prof. Martin Richards from Cambridge University will give a give a guest lecture at Goethe Univeristy Frankfurt on Thursday 17 November 2011, at 16 Uhr ct. Room: FLAT 2. The title of his talk is: "Paternity, DNA testing and the 'genetic connection': a story of geneticisation?"
Workshop "Data - Difference - Diversity. Technologies of Differentiation in the Life Sciences", Berlin, DE - November 2011
Thomas Lemke will present a paper titled "Suspect families: DNA kinship testing and its implications for the concept of family". The workshop will take place at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) Berlin, on 24 - 26 November 2011.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Cleveland (OH), US - November 2011
Torsten Heinemann will present a paper at the 4S in Cleveland, OH. The paper is titled "The truth about the family: DNA testing for family reunification".
Press coverage in Portugal - October 2011
The Portuguese daily national newspaper Público published an interview with Torsten Heinemann and Thomas Lemke on the use of DNA testing in family reunification cases. The article can be downloaded here.
International Seminar Social impacts of DNA paternity testing: A multidisciplinary approach. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Portugal - October 2011
Thomas Lemke and Torsten Heinemann are participating in an international seminar on partental testing and will present the Immigene Project. The title of the presentation is “DNA testing for family reunification: The geneticization of family in immigration policies”.
Three-Nation Conference: German, Austrian and Swiss Sociological Associations, Innsbruck, AT - September - October 2011
Martin Weiss will present a paper titled "Strange DNA: Ethical Aspects of DNA Analysis for Family Reunification" at the Three-Nation Conference of the German, Austrian and Swiss Sociological Association. The conference will take place at Innsbruck University, Austria, 29 September 2011 to 1 October 2011.
ESA 10th Conference, Geneva, CH - September 2011
Thomas Lemke and Torsten Heinemann will participate at the 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association ("Social Relations in turbulent times"). The paper is titled "Geneticization of the family? The use of DNA-testing in the context of immigration".
"Weimar denkt II", Weimar, DE - August 2011
Martin Weiss will give a lecture on the use of DNA testing for immigration purposes and its philosophical implications. The lecture is part of event "Weimar denkt II - Mit den Fellows des Kollegs Friedrich Nietzsche im Getümmel der Stadt" which will take place on 28 - 29 August 2011.
Workshop AGIO, Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt - June 2011
Thomas Lemke give a talk on the use of DNA testing for family reunification as part of a lecture series, organised by the AGIO-group at the Institue for Social Research. [pdf]
Project Workshop II (Helsinki) - June 2011
The second project workshop will be held in Helsinki on 09 - 10 June 2011. The aim of the workshop is to present preliminary results from the first field work phase and align the next steps for further interviews. We will also have the chance to visit a laboratory for DNA kinship testing and discuss with geneticists working in this field.
Start of first field work phase - March 2011
The three empirical projects in Austria, Finland, and Germany started the field work phase in March 2011. In the course of the next month we will conduct expert interviews with representatives of immigration authorities, lawyers, members of NGOs and geneticist working at laboratories.
ELSA-GEN interim evaluation conference - Vienna, April 2011
All project members will participate in the ELSA-GEN evaluation conference in Vienna in 2011.
Project presentation at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology - Halle, DE, May 2011
Torsten Heinemann will present the Immigene-Project at the colloquium of the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle.
Project Workshop I (Frankfurt)
The first project workshop will be held in Frankfurt on 13 - 14 January 2011. The aim of the workshop is to present preliminary results from the first research phase and align the next steps for research phase two. In this second phase we will conduct expert interviews with agencies, NGOs, lawyers and other actors in the field. We were also able to invite two renowned scholars, Amade M'charek and Susanne Schultz, to join us for the workshop. They will present their current work and ideas on DNA testing in immigration contexts and we will discuss our findings with them.
