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Paul Wenzel Geissler (Ed.) - Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Twenty-First-Century Africa - 9781783207251 - V9781783207251
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Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Twenty-First-Century Africa

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Description for Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Twenty-First-Century Africa Paperback. Editor(s): Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Lachenal, Guillaume. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 277 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1306.
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.

Product Details

Publisher
Intellect Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1306g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783207251
SKU
V9781783207251
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Ref
99-15

About Paul Wenzel Geissler (Ed.)
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 Universite Paris Diderot, junior fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Reviews for Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Twenty-First-Century Africa
This elegant, field-defining collection of sparkling originality excels as it curates, joining bits about five modern scientific sites in Africa with playful lines. The entire package suggests vital new affective methods for our times. These unruly junctions will productively challenge STS humanists, ethnographic historians, and students of global health practices. In our times of often ungainly, overtheorized immoderations, their innovative ... Read more

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