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What We Pass On

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.Subhadra Das speaking into a handheld microphone in front of a screen.
Subhadra Das. © Photo by T. Montalbano.

‘What We Pass On’, curated by historian and writer Subhadra Das, explores and challenges the ideas passed down to us through a hundred years of genetic science.

Each of the events takes a questioning and critical look at the tangled histories of genetics, eugenics, and race science. Listen to our panels of expert scientists, historians, comedians and artists, including a conversation with Larry Achiampong and David Blandy on their most recent collaboration ‘_GOD_MODE_’, which features in the exhibition ‘Genetic Automata’.

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About the curator

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Subhadra Das

Subhadra Das is a writer and historian who looks at the relationship between science and society, and what those histories mean for our lives today. For nine years, she was Curator of the Science Collections at University College London, where she was also Researcher in Critical Eugenics at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. Her research centres around critical approaches to the history of science, particularly race science and eugenics, along with the history of museums, particularly the colonial history of natural history museums. She has written and presented podcasts, curated museum exhibitions, done stand-up comedy and regularly appears on radio and television.