Book ID: CBB019390551

Traces of the Future: An Archaeology of Medical Science in Africa (2017)

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Geissler, Paul Wenzel (Editor)
Lachenal, Guillaume (Editor)
Manton, John (Editor)
Tousignant, Noemi (Editor)


Intellect Ltd


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 256 pp.
Language: English

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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Authors & Contributors
Kusiak, Pauline Marie
Micucci, Federica E.
Steve Howard
Tousignant, Noemi
Ann H. Kelly
Ukelina, Bekeh Utietiang
Concepts
Colonialism
Great Britain, colonies
Public health
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Medicine and society
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Africa
Tanzania (Tanganyika, Zanzibar)
Kenya
Senegal
Nigeria
Dakar
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