Abstract The natural history museum has long been invested in educating the public about what it means to be human, including human identity, human ancestry and human diversity. With the recent scientific advances in human genomic research and the public fervor for individual genetic ancestry testing, the museum is now challenged both to keep pace with current scientific research and wrestle with popular scientific thinking that circulates outside the museum. This article considers several strategies that the American Museum of Natural History Museum has used to intervene in public perceptions of “race”, genetics and human health through critical interactive dialogue—the museum as a space for audiences of various ages to investigate and interrogate the science and politics of human identity that accompany this new genetic frontier.

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种族、遗传学、医学和博物馆

摘要 自然历史博物馆长期以来一直致力于教育公众了解人类的意义，包括人类身份、人类血统和人类多样性。随着人类基因组研究的最新科学进展和公众对个体基因祖先测试的热情，博物馆现在面临着既要跟上当前科学研究的步伐又要与在博物馆外流传的流行科学思想作斗争的挑战。本文考虑了美国自然历史博物馆用来通过批判性互动对话干预公众对“种族”、遗传学和人类健康的看法的几种策略——博物馆作为不同年龄段观众调查和询问科学的空间以及伴随这一新基因前沿的人类身份政治。