Santiago Genovés

Santiago Genovés Tarazaga (31 December 1923 – 5 September 2013) was a Spanish-born Mexican anthropologist who was affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico.^[1][2] He designed the 1973 "Peace Project" experiment, in which he and ten other people (four men and six women) aimed to sail on the Acali raft from the Canary Islands to Mexico. He hoped that this experiment would shed light on the causes of violence in humans and on how it could be prevented. The 101-day experiment, frequently dubbed the "Sex Raft" by the media, was the subject of the 2018 documentary film The Raft, by Marcus Lindeen.^[3][4][5] He was also one of the researchers who originated, co-authored and signed the Seville Statement on Violence in 1986.^[6]

Santiago Genovés
Born	(1923-12-31)31 December 1923 Orense, Galicia, Spain
Died	5 September 2013(2013-09-05) (aged 89)
Nationality	Mexican
Education	National School of Anthropology and History University of Cambridge
Known for	"Peace Project" raft experiment
Awards	Pope John XXIII Memorial International Peace Prize
Scientific career
Institutions	National Autonomous University of Mexico

Prior to the "Peace Project", Genovés had been part of the Thor Heyerdahl Ra expedition.

Works

Books

• Expedición a la Violencia (ampliación de la declaración sobre la violencia adoptada por la UNESCO.^[7]
• Ensayos sobre: Luis Buñuel, Emilio Prados Such, Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Marcel Proust, Pablo Picasso, Alfonso Reyes, Rius.
• El Mar, los Peces y Yo.
• El Pájaro Rojo o El Viaje a Nigeria.
• Solo. Un Hombre en el Mar.
• Balsa de Papyrus, a través del Atlántico.
• ¿Por qué Acali?
• El mono inquisitivo : Convivencia y comportamiento humano.

Other publications^[8]

• (1954) "The problem of sex differences in some fossil hominids, with special reference to the Neandertal remains from Spy". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 84: 131-144.^[9]
• (1956) A study of sex differences in the innominate bone (os coxae), with special reference to the material from St. Bride’s Church, London, E. C. I. Universidad de Cambridge, 555 pp, Cambridge.
• (1959) El Oreopithecus en la evolución de los homínidos. Cuadernos del Seminario de Problemas Científicos y Filosóficos 16, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 18 pp, México.
• (1960) "Revaluation of age, stature and sex of the Tepexpan remains, Mexico". American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 18: 205-218.^[10]
• (1967) "Proportionality of the long bones and their relation to stature in Mesoamericans". American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 26: 67-78.^[11]
• (1975) "El experimento Acali". Revista Médica, 3: 9-31, México.

References

1. "Genovés, Santiago". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
2. Festschrift. UNAM. 1990. p. 21. ISBN 9789683610232.
3. Jeffries, Stuart (2019-01-14). "Mutiny on the Sex Raft: how a 70s science project descended into violent chaos". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
4. Hooton, Christopher (2018-10-19). "Forget Love Island – the 1970s 'Sex Raft' social experiment was where the real drama was at". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
5. Mangan, Lucy (2 June 2019). "Storyville: The Raft review – almost too deliciously ludicrous to be true". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
6. "The Seville Statement on Violence: A Progress Report".
7. Declaración de Sevilla sobre la violencia (UNESCO) (inglés)
8. "Doctor Santiago Genovés Tarazaga (AMAB)". amabmex.tripod.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
9. Genovés, Santiago (1954). "The Problem of the Sex of Certain Fossil Hominids, with Special Reference to the Neandertal Skeletons from Spy". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 84 (1/2): 131–144. doi:10.2307/2844006. ISSN 0307-3114. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
10. Genovés T, Santiago (1960). "Revaluation of age, stature and sex of the Tepexpan remains, Mexico". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 18 (3): 205–217. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330180308. ISSN 1096-8644. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
11. Genovés, Santiago (1967). "Proportionality of the long bones and their relation to stature among Mesoamericans". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 26 (1): 67–77. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330260109. ISSN 1096-8644. Retrieved 2022-02-23.