Race: Tradition and convenience, or taxonomic reality? More on the race concept in Polish anthropology

dc.contributor.authorKaszycka, Katarzyna A.
dc.contributor.authorStrzałko, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-06T12:23:41Z
dc.date.available2013-02-06T12:23:41Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractAgainst the background of the race debate and the principal elements of the current understanding of human intraspecific variation, we present the status of the race concept in Polish anthropology. Using questionnaires, we twice surveyed physical anthropologists about their agreement with the statement "There are biological races within he species Homo sapiens." In the 1999 study, 62% of respondents disagreed with race (defined as subspiecies) and 31% accepted it. In the 2001 study, this proportion was reversed: only 25% rejected race (by any definition) with the remaining respondents (75%) differing widely as to its accepted meaning. Each time, age was significant factor in differentiating the replies - in general, acceptance of race increased with age while rejection declined. It appears that Polish anthropologists regard race as a term without taxonomic value and often in a populational sense. Here we point out, however, the risks associated with the "metaphorical" use of the term "race", as it relativizes the essential error of perceiving the existence of subspecific taxa within our species.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationAnthropological Review, vol. 66, 2003, pp. 23-37pl_PL
dc.identifier.issn0033-2003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/4334
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherPolskie Towarzystwo Antropologicznepl_PL
dc.subjectracepl_PL
dc.subjecthuman variationpl_PL
dc.subjectphysical anthropologypl_PL
dc.subjectsubspeciespl_PL
dc.titleRace: Tradition and convenience, or taxonomic reality? More on the race concept in Polish anthropologypl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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