Not just in the past: Racist and sexist biases still permeate biology, anthropology, medicine, and education.
Western-centrism
anatomy
anthropology
biology
scientific biases
Journal
Evolutionary anthropology
ISSN: 1520-6505
Titre abrégé: Evol Anthropol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9306331
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
revised:
07
03
2023
received:
15
03
2022
accepted:
10
03
2023
medline:
14
4
2023
pubmed:
5
4
2023
entrez:
4
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In the past decades, it has been increasingly recognized that some areas of science, such as anthropology, have been plagued by racist, Western-centric, and/or sexist biases. Unfortunately, an acculturation process to racism and sexism has been occurring for generations leading to systemic inequities that will take a long time to disappear. Here, we highlight the existence of current examples of racism, Western-centrism and sexism within: (1) the most popular anatomical atlases used in biological, anthropological and medical education; (2) prominent natural history museums and World Heritage Sites; (3) biological and anthropological scientific research publications; and (4) popular culture and influential children's books and educational materials concerning human biology and evolution.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
67-82Informations de copyright
© 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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