International Seminar
Social impacts of DNA paternity testing: A multidisciplinary approach
October 10, 2011, 10h00
Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto
Programme
10h00 Welcome and introduction: António Amorim, IPATIMUP, Portugal.
10h15 Helena Machado “Practices of individuals’ identification: Which guidelines?
(I)”, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal.
10h30 Angel Carracedo “Practices of individuals’ identification: Which guidelines?
(II)”, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
11h00 Discussion
11h30 Thomas Lemke “DNA testing for family reunification: The geneticization of
family in immigration policies”, Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany.
12h00 Lyn Turney “Contested paternity and the imperative of genetic testing”,
Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia.
12h30 Discussion
13h00 Lunch
14h30 Claúdia Fonseca “The new legal technologies and the production of family
life: Anthropology, law and subjectivity”, Federal University of Rio Grande do
Sul, Brazil.
15h00 Susana Silva “Is it important to do a paternity genetic test? Towards a
gendered lay assessment”, University of Porto Medical School, Portugal.
15h15 Torsten Heinemann “A commentary on the lay assessment of paternity
typing ordered by law courts”, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
15h45 Discussion
16h15 Coffee break
16h30 Round-table (chair: Susana Costa, Centre for Social Studies, University of
Coimbra, Portugal).
17h30 Final remarks (António Amorim). End of seminar.