| Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Africa Contributor(s): Geissler, Paul Wenzel (Editor), Lachenal, Guillaume (Editor), Manton, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783207256 ISBN-13: 9781783207251 Publisher: Intellect (UK) OUR PRICE: $28.22 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Africa - General - Medical | History |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 8.5" W x 10.7" (2.82 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lachenal, Guillaume: - Guillaume Lachenal is a lecturer at the Université Paris Diderot, junior fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France.Manton, John: - John Manton is associate professor of history at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.Geissler, Paul Wenzel: - 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.Tousignant, Noemi: - 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. |
