1. Sequencing
First, the genome of Robin Bhattacharya is to be sequenced, before proceeding to any comparisons.
To achieve the highest resolution possible is of utmost importance, as the sample is to be sequenced entirely for its detail, and not for a comparison with other samples selected a priori.
2. Mapping
The highest possible amount of markers is to be mapped on the resulting data. This with a specific regard to any of the markers specifically used for geographic/linguistic mapping. As for example in ‘The History and Geography of Human Genes’, which excluded any samples which indicated a possible admixture since 1500, (Cavalli-Sforza, Menozzi, Piazza, 1994: Chap 1.9), but adding the additional data sets available today.
The mapped outcome is then to be compared to any ‘expected’ populations of ‘origin’ of the post-colonial subject in question (the person Robin Bhattacharya).
This case study will not so much attempt to predict the deviation of ‘mixed-race’ post-colonial genomes from current classifications, as it will be an example used to exemplify the process of applying the current categorisations.
3. Visualisation
The design of each visual tool employed to visualise a certain data – chart, tree, map – affects our imagining of the data they display. Therefore the best possible way to represent the new data won is to be investigated simultaneously as the data becomes available.