New sequencing methods: New data and new challenges

Elsbeth Bösl; Stefanie Samida

doi:10.14512/tatup.30.2.11

Authors

Elsbeth Bösl Historical Seminar, Department of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, Universität der Bundeswehr München (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7444-688X elsbeth.boesl@unibw.de
Stefanie Samida Department of History, University of Heidelberg / Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies – Popular Culture Studies, University of Zurich (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-331X stefanie.samida@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.30.2.11

Keywords:

NGS, technoscience, transformation processes, archaeogenetics

Abstract

Today, DNA sequencing is part of the standard repertoire of biological and medical research. Next generation sequencing (NGS), established around the mid-2000s, was the main catalyst for this development. NGS has led to major knowledge gains in the molecular life sciences. However, the new technology provides data that pose new challenges that both science and society still must learn to deal with. A technology-driven dynamic can already be observed in this field, leading to transformation processes in science, where new fields of research are emerging, but also in society, where questions of identity are increasingly being negotiated based on genetic analyses.

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