Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Africa - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1783207256 ISBN 13: 9781783207251

Casa editrice: Intellect L & D E F A E, 2016

Riassunto

This book presents a close look at the vestiges of twentieth-century medical work at five key sites in Africa: Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, and Tanzania. The authors aim to understand the afterlife of scientific institutions and practices and the “aftertime” of scientific modernity and its attendant visions of progress and transformation. Straightforward scholarly work is juxtaposed here with altogether more experimental approaches to fieldwork and analysis, including interview fragments; brief, reflective essays; and a rich photographic archive. The result is an unprecedented view of the lingering traces of medical science from Africa’s past.
 

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Informazioni sull'autore

Paul Wenzel Geissler is a professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and part time director of research at the University of Cambridge. Guillaume Lachenal is a lecturer at the Université Paris Diderot, junior fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. John Manton is associate professor of history at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Noémi Tousignant is affiliate member of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill, and guest researcher in history at the Université de Montréal.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Intellect L & D E F A E
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1783207256
• ISBN 13: 9781783207251
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 255
• Redattore: Geissler Paul Wenzel, Lachenal Guillaume, Manton John, Tousignant Nomi
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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