RESEARCH
Genetic ancestry, race, & national belonging in Argentina
The project site is in Luján, Argentina.
Pictured here:
The famous Basílica Nacional de Nuestra Señora de Luján, and the main commercial and touristic street leading up to it, Calle San Martín.
Photography by Loruhama T.R.
This project is run by an interdisciplinary research team from
the U.S. and Argentina.
We are interested in understanding the ways in which public perspectives of race, ethnicity, and national belonging may be affected by recent trends in genetic ancestry research in Argentina.
Given the current social and political context, we are curious to know what it means to be Argentine. In what ways do “race,” ethnicity, and national belonging have to do with the construction of “Argentineness”? Does genetic information inform or alter those constructions?
To learn more, visit the project website:
Community DNA Project in the U.S. Mountain South
In what ways could DNA analyses contribute to the Black experience in Eastern Tennessee?
We have long been in conversation with Black in Appalachia, a non-profit organization dedicated to highlighting the history and contributions of African-Americans in the development of the Mountain South and its culture.
Together, we have launched the Community DNA Interest Project, which is a call to African-American regional communities to co-develop a meaningful project. What is that project going to be? Stay tuned!
To learn more, visit the project website:
Mailing address:
The University of Tennessee
Strong Hall Rm 502A
1621 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-1525