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Postdoctoral researcher, Ruhr University Bochum

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About Me
Abigail Nieves Delgado works as a researcher at the Centre for Anthropological Knowledge of Scientific and Technological Cultures (CAST), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. She received her PhD from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2016. Her research focuses on the history of physical anthropology and current practices in forensic sciences and biometric identification. Her current project, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, deals with the use of racial categories in facial recognition technologies.

1. Measuring Heads And Races: Continuities And Ruptures In The History Of Biometry

2. What Is A Normal Face? Karl Pearson’s Principal Component Analysis, Facial Recognition Technologies, And Race

1. Measuring Heads And Races: Continuities And Ruptures In The History Of Biometry - 24 Jul, 2019