Happy 2011 New Year for
all humans of any biocultural adaptation to the various Earth’s geographic
environments – along with two comments regarding the statement against racism
of 5th October 2010
Dear friends
of anthropology,
During the Antalya
Inter-Congress and the IUAES
General Assembly in the 5th October 2010 a draft of the IUAES Statement on
‘Race’ and Racism (: http://www.aee.gr/hellenic/1st%20month/10/101201/IUAES%20Statement%20on%20Racism.htm)
was presented to the participating anthropologists. The decision and voting
was postponed in order the final text to be further elaborated. This statement
arrived on the 19th November 2010 by e-mail also to Athens. Two days later
it was forwarded to the president of the European
Anthropological Association Prof. Nickolas Mascie-Taylor on the basis
of the herewith-attached e-mail.
Until the end of 2010 any reply was yet given, neither via mail nor via fax.
However it is known that the president of EAA is travelling a lot and probably
is missing from England. On the other hand because the next Inter-Congress
at Perth Australia will take place on mid summer 2011, leaving
less than few months of time for improving the statement, the above-referred
e-mail, along with two additional comments, is sent to the bellow referred
scholars, editors and institutions.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The IUAES
draft of statement presents some uncertainties. P. ex. - A. In the introductive
paragraph is written: Nineteenth and early twentieth century categories
of ‘Race‘, which today have little or no scientific merit… – In fact it could
have either little or no scientific merit, since
otherwise sub enters the imprecision. B. In the 1st paragraph
there is: Much of the biological variation among populations
involves modest degrees of diversity in the frequency of shared traits. – Therefore either exist measurable (even
modest) biological differences (which cannot be of any
scientific merit) or there are not at all.
To my understanding the main goal of the statement
is to deny and finally exorcise any biological difference among humans, in
order to fight racial doctrines and practices. The question is whether the
best way is followed for such a purpose? Therefore along with the wishes for
a Happy New Year let me please you to
contribute with further and more clarifying notes on our IUAES proposition
to the United Nations.
Sincerely yours Nickos A.
Poulianos
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buddhadebc@gmail.com, sumita_chau@hotmail.com, gargisubir@gmail.com, Anna
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Boguslaw Pawlowski <bogus@antropo.uni.wroc.pl>, bourdie1952@yahoo.es,
candelariahernandez@bio.ucm.es, Carme Rissech <carme.rissech@ub.edu>,
caroline.rijkers@gmail.com, casadalama@hotmail.com, Joachim Cieslik <cieslik@amu.edu.pl>,
Krystyna Cieslik <cieslik@awf.poznan.pl>, cristina.muja@gmail.com, Zbigniew
Czapla <czapla@amu.edu.pl>, Urszula Czerniak <czerniak@awf.poznan.pl>,
Danuta Penkala-Gawecka <danagaw@amu.edu.pl>, dareczekwielinski@wp.pl,
dassumon10@yahoo.com, demuth@awf.poznan.pl, Denise Navitainuck <Denise_Navitainuck@gmx.de>,
dian85@web.de, drozdova@sci.muni.cz, e.zadzinska@biol.uni.lodz.pl, egrzych@op.pl,
ekaterinapermyakova@gmail.com, elena.ivanova27@gmail.com, Elise Seip Tonnessen
<elise.s.tonnessen@uia.no>, emka@antropo.uni.wroc. pl, emma.rabino@unito.it,
epidemiologia@ump.edu.pl, Esther REBATO <esther.rebato@ehu.es>, eszczepan@poczta.onet.pl,
flavio.de.angelis@uniroma2.it, frkvicki@hotmail.com, Magdalena Kosinska <gdusia@amu.edu.pl>,
ghanbarzadeh213@gmail.com, Guido Krisel <gkriesel@biol.uni.torun.pl>,
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hcpetersen@stat.sdu.dk, "Henke, Prof. Dr. Winfried" <henkew@uni-mainz.de>,
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humanbiology@bio.uniroma2.it, ida.westh@jubii.dk, Zofia Ignasiak <ignzof@awf.wroc.pl>,
iva.dostalova@upol.cz, Jadwiga Charzewska <j.charzewska@izz.waw.pl>,
jadwiga.pietraszewska@awf.wroc.pl, Jacek Tomczyk <jaktom@post.pl>, Janina
<janina.tutkuviene@mf.vu.lt>, Jesper Lier Boldsen <JBoldsen@health.sdu.dk>,
jmgalletero@avancesmedicos.es, joanna.lewandowska@awf.edu.pl, johannamorgan@hotmail.de,
jonnanielsen60@yahoo.com, k.boberova@email.cz, karkus@apaczai.elte.hu, katarzyna.grobarczyk@uj.edu.pl,
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Konrad.Zellner@mti.uni-jena.de, Danuta Kornafel <korda@antropo.uni.wroc.pl>,
Magdalena Krzykala <krzykala@awf.poznan.pl>, leucosolenia@gmail.com,
linazabuliene@gmail.com, lkryst@poczta.onet.pl, louisevigen@hotmail.com, "Lisiunia
(Lisa) Romanienko" <lroman@ix.netcom.com>, luptakova@fns.uniba.sk,
Maria Kaczmarek <makac@amu.edu.pl>, malgorzata.kepa@uj.edu.pl, maniol@ifa.amu.edu.pl,
mann@princeton.edu, Marek Drozdowski <marekdr@wp.pl>, mariannarinaldi@alice.it,
marielvatorino@libero.it, Magda Skrzypczak <maskrz@amu.edu.pl>, masuyo.nakanishi@gmail.com,
mathieu.roelants@vub.ac.be, mdurda@amu.edu.pl, me-ibanez@hotmail.com, medigion@poczta.onet.pl,
meyerc@uni-mainz.de, Michal Zivny <Michal.Zivny@osu.cz>, mino@spo.osaka-sandai.ac.jp,
miroslava.pridalova@upol.cz, mizohata@kwansei.ac.jp, "N.Cameron"
<N.Cameron@lboro.ac.uk>, Professor C G Nicholas Mascie-Taylor ScD <nmt1@cam.ac.uk>,
Krzysztof Lastowski <oklaski@amu.edu.pl>, olalla lopez costas <olallalc@gmail.com>,
omlauritzen@hotmail.com, orchis@o2.pl, Wieslaw Osinski <osinski@awf.poznan.pl>,
ozda@amu.edu.pl, ozer@humanity.ankara.edu.tr, paolo@antropo.uni.wroc.pl, papai.julia@nupi.hu,
Alexander Pashos <pashos@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, Petr Kutac <Petr.Kutac@osu.cz>,
piabennike@gmail.com, pola.awf@op.pl, Peter Tarp <ptarp@health.sdu.dk>,
Rosario Calderon <rcalfer@bio.ucm.es>, renatopolimanti@alice.it, rimantas.jankauskas@mf.vu.lt,
rmalina@skyconnect.net, sagir@humanity.ankara.edu.tr, sannae@unica.it, sarapiacentini@libero.it,
satake.takashi@nihon-u.ac.jp>, sivakova@fns.uniba.sk, Slawomir Koziel <slawek@antro.pan.wroc.pl>,
Teresa Slawinska-Ochla <sloter@awf.wroc.pl>, srodriguezylopez@gmail.com,
Pernille Dahl Pedersen <stud20071750@hum.au.dk>, Andrej Suchomlinov
<suchomlinov@yahoo.com>, szabo.attila@nupi.hu, szabryna@gmail.com, krzysiek
szostek <szosy@wp.pl>, tatjana.robic@bf.uni-lj.si, tereza.rezkova@email.cz,
tgul@humanity.ankara.edu.tr, Tomasz Han <tomekh@amu.edu.pl>, tpitsios@med.uoa.gr,
umiastowscy@neostrada.pl, vfuster@bio.ucm.es, vitalyosgaboraron@gmail.com,
vona@unica.it, wacichoc@cyfronet.pl, Malgorzata Waszak <waszak@awf.poznan.pl>,
weise@demogr.mpg.de, wilota@antropo.uni.wroc.pl, wnowacz@wp.pl, wscheffrahn@gmail.com,
ybektas@humanity.ankara.edu.tr, z.koldin@gmail.com, zarghami26@gmail.com,
ziolkowska@awf.poznan.pl, Zsakai Annamaria <zsakaia@elte.hu>, zubareva.vera@yandex.ru,
as well as IUAES 2008 - China, Fisicheskaya Anthropologia - Moscow, Current
Anthropology - USA.