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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"anthropology of science"”.
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Bodies of information : reinventing bodies and practice in medical education
This dissertation recounts the development of graphic models of human bodies and virtual reality simulators for teaching anatomy and surgery to medical students, residents, and physicians. It considers how researchers from disciplinary cultures in medicine, engineering, and computer programming …
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‘A World Where People No Longer Fear Cancer’: An Anthropology of Barrett’s Oesophagus in the UK
… (a condition that increases a person’s risk of oesophageal cancer), as an example of one such cancer control practice. On the basis of long-term ethnographic fieldwork with professionals working to implement this test in the NHS and with people diagnosed with Barrett’s oesophagus, this text …
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Between belief and science: Paranormal investigators and the production of ghostly knowledge in contemporary England
… 09:46:24 UTC Reason: Author requested extension of restriction. Changed from closed to UofI only. Approved by Graduate College on 01/08/2014. sls
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Knowing and Caring for the Mangrove Ecosystem: The epistemic life of a sustainable development NGO in the Saloum Delta (Senegal)
This thesis examines the epistemic life of a sustainable development NGO, based in the Saloum Delta, in Senegal. This coastal region, composed of rivers, islands, wetlands, and mangrove forests, is facing increasing environmental precarity. In response, a plethora of actors (state conservation …
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Globalization On the Ground: Health, Development, and Volunteerism in Meatu, Tanzania
… Dr. Robert Metcalf, an AHEAD volunteer offers "expertise" to Meatu through transfer of solar cooking technology. Each summer, AHEAD takes volunteers into this setting who bring with them both "altruistic" and non-altruistic reasons for volunteering, economic and social capital, and a …