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The substance that empowers? DNA in South Asia (2013)
Journal Article
Egorova, Y. (2013). The substance that empowers? DNA in South Asia. Contemporary South Asia, 21(3), 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2013.826627

Drawing on two ethnographic examples of the sociocultural aspects of populations genetic research in India, the article explores in what ways tests aimed at assessing ‘genetic differences’ between populations can be viewed as enabling or disempowerin... Read More about The substance that empowers? DNA in South Asia.

Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village (2013)
Journal Article
Lyon, S. (2013). Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village. Social Science Computer Review, 31(1), 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439312453275

Pakistani Punjabi landlords use marriage both strategically as well as affectively. That is to say, they seek maximal political advantage and minimal household disruption with marriage arrangements. Using a set of formal networks analyses tools, this... Read More about Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village.

Paper as a serious method of concern (2013)
Journal Article
Lyon, S. M., & Henig, D. (2013). Paper as a serious method of concern. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 3(3), 421-425