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DVD

Identity in the age of ancestral DNA.

Call Number

  • H DVD 929.1 I198 (CEN)

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Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Instructor, Anita Foeman, West Chester University.

Publication Information

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2021]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (353 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 113 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In the 12 fascinating lessons of Identity in the Age of Ancestral DNA, Anita Foeman, PhD, Professor of Communication and Media, and founder and primary investigator of the DNA Discussion Project at West Chester University, takes us behind the scenes to examine what really happens when individuals receive their personal DNA ancestry results. By learning about their individual and family reactions, we learn more about our own identity narratives as well.

Notes

"WONDRIUM"--Container.

"Course No. 80100"--Container.

Contains 12 lessons.

Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 97-113).

Contents

  • Disc 1. Your ancestry, your identity ; What genetic testing brings to ancestry ; Sensitive approaches to ancestry results ; When family narrative meets genetic testing ; Privacy versus connection in DNA testing ; DNA Discussion Project research
  • Disc 2. How genograms reveal your ancestry ; Gaining insight through your genetics ; Designer babies and DNA ancestry ; Personalized medicine and your genome ; Levels of your identity ; Making art with DNA ancestry.

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