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This book explores the role and implications of responsibility for
anthropology, asking how responsibility is recognised and invoked
in the world, what relations it draws upon, and how it comes to
define notions of the person, institutional practices, ways of
knowing and modes of evaluation. The category of responsibility has
a long genealogy within the discipline of anthropology and it
surfaces in contemporary debates as well as in anthropologists’
collaboration with other disciplines, including when anthropology
is applied in fields such as development, medicine, and
humanitarian response. As a category that unsettles, challenges and
critically engages with political, ethical and epistemological
questions, responsibility is central to anthropological theory,
ethnographic practice, collaborative research, and applied
engagement. With chapters focused on a variety of cultural
contexts, this volume considers how anthropology can contribute to
a better understanding of responsibility, including the
‘responsibility of anthropology’ and the responsibility of
anthropologists to specific others.
Arising from the need to go beyond the semiotic, cognitive,
epistemic and symbolic reading of diagrams, this book looks at what
diagrams are capable of in scholarly work related to the social
sciences. Rather than attempting to define what diagrams are, and
what their dietic capacity might be, contributions to this volume
draw together the work diagrams do in the development of theories.
Across a range of disciplines, the chapters introduce the ephemeral
dimensions of scientist's interactions and collaboration with
diagrams, consider how diagrams configure cooperation across
disciplines, and explore how diagrams have been made to work in
ways that point beyond simplification, clarification and
formalization.
Arising from the need to go beyond the semiotic, cognitive,
epistemic and symbolic reading of diagrams, this book looks at what
diagrams are capable of in scholarly work related to the social
sciences. Rather than attempting to define what diagrams are, and
what their dietic capacity might be, contributions to this volume
draw together the work diagrams do in the development of theories.
Across a range of disciplines, the chapters introduce the ephemeral
dimensions of scientist's interactions and collaboration with
diagrams, consider how diagrams configure cooperation across
disciplines, and explore how diagrams have been made to work in
ways that point beyond simplification, clarification and
formalization.
This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction
as a result of the 'next pandemic' and turns attention towards the
role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation of what it means
to be human. Nested in debates in anthropology, philosophy, social
theory and global health, the book argues that fear of and
fascination with the 'next pandemic' stem not so much from an
anticipation of a biological extinction of the human species, as
from an expectation of the loss of mastery over human/non-humanl
relations. Christos Lynteris employs the notion of the 'pandemic
imaginary' in order to understand the way in which pandemic-borne
human extinction refashions our understanding of humanity and its
place in the world. The book challenges us to think how
cosmological, aesthetic, ontological and political aspects of
pandemic catastrophe are intertwined. The chapters examine the
vital entanglement of epidemiological studies, popular culture,
modes of scientific visualisation, and pandemic preparedness
campaigns. This volume will be relevant for scholars and advanced
students of anthropology as well as global health, and for many
others interested in catastrophe, the 'end of the world' and the
(post)apocalyptic.
Over the past decades, infectious disease epidemics have come to
increasingly pose major global health challenges to humanity. The
Anthropology of Epidemics approaches epidemics as total social
phenomena: processes and events which encompass and exercise a
transformational impact on social life whilst at the same time
functioning as catalysts of shifts and ruptures as regards
human/non-human relations. Bearing a particular mark on subject
areas and questions which have recently come to shape developments
in anthropological thinking, the volume brings epidemics to the
forefront of anthropological debate, as an exemplary arena for
social scientific study and analysis.
Over the past decades, infectious disease epidemics have come to
increasingly pose major global health challenges to humanity. The
Anthropology of Epidemics approaches epidemics as total social
phenomena: processes and events which encompass and exercise a
transformational impact on social life whilst at the same time
functioning as catalysts of shifts and ruptures as regards
human/non-human relations. Bearing a particular mark on subject
areas and questions which have recently come to shape developments
in anthropological thinking, the volume brings epidemics to the
forefront of anthropological debate, as an exemplary arena for
social scientific study and analysis.
This edited collection brings together new research by
world-leading historians and anthropologists to examine the
interaction between images of plague in different temporal and
spatial contexts, and the imagination of the disease from the
Middle Ages to today. The chapters in this book illuminate to what
extent the image of plague has not simply reflected, but also
impacted the way in which the disease is experienced in different
historical periods. The book asks what is the contribution of the
entanglement between epidemic image and imagination to the
persistence of plague as a category of human suffering across so
many centuries, in spite of profound shifts in our medical
understanding of the disease. What is it that makes plague such a
visually charismatic subject? And why is the medical, religious and
lay imagination of plague so consistently determined by the visual
register? In answering these questions, this volume takes the study
of plague images beyond its usual, art-historical framework, so as
to examine them and their relation to the imagination of plague
from medical, historical, visual anthropological, and postcolonial
perspectives.
This edited collection brings together new research by
world-leading historians and anthropologists to examine the
interaction between images of plague in different temporal and
spatial contexts, and the imagination of the disease from the
Middle Ages to today. The chapters in this book illuminate to what
extent the image of plague has not simply reflected, but also
impacted the way in which the disease is experienced in different
historical periods. The book asks what is the contribution of the
entanglement between epidemic image and imagination to the
persistence of plague as a category of human suffering across so
many centuries, in spite of profound shifts in our medical
understanding of the disease. What is it that makes plague such a
visually charismatic subject? And why is the medical, religious and
lay imagination of plague so consistently determined by the visual
register? In answering these questions, this volume takes the study
of plague images beyond its usual, art-historical framework, so as
to examine them and their relation to the imagination of plague
from medical, historical, visual anthropological, and postcolonial
perspectives.
This edited volume draws historians and anthropologists together to
explore the contested worlds of epidemic corpses and their
disposal. Why are burials so frequently at the center of
disagreement, recrimination and protest during epidemics? Why are
the human corpses produced in the course of infectious disease
outbreaks seen as dangerous, not just to the living, but also to
the continued existence of society and civilization? Examining
cases from the Black Death to Ebola, contributors challenge the
predominant idea that a single, universal framework of contagion
can explain the political, social and cultural importance and
impact of the epidemic corpse.
Challenging the concept that since the discovery of the plague
bacillus in 1894 the study of the disease was dominated by
bacteriology, Ethnographic Plague argues for the role of
ethnography as a vital contributor to the configuration of plague
at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a focus on research on
the Chinese-Russian frontier, where a series of pneumonic plague
epidemics shook the Chinese, Russian and Japanese Empires, this
book examines how native Mongols and Buryats came to be understood
as holding a traditional knowledge of the disease. Exploring the
forging and consequences of this alluring theory, this book seeks
to understand medical fascination with culture, so as to underline
the limitations of the employment of the latter as an explanatory
category in the context of infectious disease epidemics, such as
the recent SARS and Ebola outbreaks.
This edited volume draws historians and anthropologists together to
explore the contested worlds of epidemic corpses and their
disposal. Why are burials so frequently at the center of
disagreement, recrimination and protest during epidemics? Why are
the human corpses produced in the course of infectious disease
outbreaks seen as dangerous, not just to the living, but also to
the continued existence of society and civilization? Examining
cases from the Black Death to Ebola, contributors challenge the
predominant idea that a single, universal framework of contagion
can explain the political, social and cultural importance and
impact of the epidemic corpse.
Challenging the concept that since the discovery of the plague
bacillus in 1894 the study of the disease was dominated by
bacteriology, Ethnographic Plague argues for the role of
ethnography as a vital contributor to the configuration of plague
at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a focus on research on
the Chinese-Russian frontier, where a series of pneumonic plague
epidemics shook the Chinese, Russian and Japanese Empires, this
book examines how native Mongols and Buryats came to be understood
as holding a traditional knowledge of the disease. Exploring the
forging and consequences of this alluring theory, this book seeks
to understand medical fascination with culture, so as to underline
the limitations of the employment of the latter as an explanatory
category in the context of infectious disease epidemics, such as
the recent SARS and Ebola outbreaks.
This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction
as a result of the 'next pandemic' and turns attention towards the
role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation of what it means
to be human. Nested in debates in anthropology, philosophy, social
theory and global health, the book argues that fear of and
fascination with the 'next pandemic' stem not so much from an
anticipation of a biological extinction of the human species, as
from an expectation of the loss of mastery over human/non-humanl
relations. Christos Lynteris employs the notion of the 'pandemic
imaginary' in order to understand the way in which pandemic-borne
human extinction refashions our understanding of humanity and its
place in the world. The book challenges us to think how
cosmological, aesthetic, ontological and political aspects of
pandemic catastrophe are intertwined. The chapters examine the
vital entanglement of epidemiological studies, popular culture,
modes of scientific visualisation, and pandemic preparedness
campaigns. This volume will be relevant for scholars and advanced
students of anthropology as well as global health, and for many
others interested in catastrophe, the 'end of the world' and the
(post)apocalyptic.
Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague
measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern
periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban
environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent
or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. Bringing together
leading scholars of plague working across different historical
periods, this book provides an inter-disciplinary study of plague
in the city across time and space. The chapters cover a wide range
of periods, geographical locations and disciplinary approaches but
all seek to answer significant questions, including whether common
motives can be identified, and how far knowledge about plague was
based on an understanding of the urban space. It also examines how
maps and photographs contribute to understanding plague in the city
through exploring the ways in which the relationship between plague
and the urban environment has been visualised, from the poisoned
darts of plague winging their way towards their victims in the
votive pictures from the Renaissance, to the mapping of the spread
of disease in late nineteenth-century Bombay and photographing
Honolulu's great plague fire in 1900. Containing a series of
studies that illuminate plague's urban connection as a key social
and political concern throughout history, Plague and the City is
ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern
city and plague more specifically.
Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague
measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern
periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban
environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent
or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. Bringing together
leading scholars of plague working across different historical
periods, this book provides an inter-disciplinary study of plague
in the city across time and space. The chapters cover a wide range
of periods, geographical locations and disciplinary approaches but
all seek to answer significant questions, including whether common
motives can be identified, and how far knowledge about plague was
based on an understanding of the urban space. It also examines how
maps and photographs contribute to understanding plague in the city
through exploring the ways in which the relationship between plague
and the urban environment has been visualised, from the poisoned
darts of plague winging their way towards their victims in the
votive pictures from the Renaissance, to the mapping of the spread
of disease in late nineteenth-century Bombay and photographing
Honolulu's great plague fire in 1900. Containing a series of
studies that illuminate plague's urban connection as a key social
and political concern throughout history, Plague and the City is
ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern
city and plague more specifically.
This book takes a historical and anthropological approach to
understanding how non-human hosts and vectors of diseases are
understood, at a time when emerging infectious diseases are one of
the central concerns of global health. The volume critically
examines the ways in which animals have come to be framed as
'epidemic villains' since the turn of the nineteenth century.
Providing epistemological and social histories of non-human
epidemic blame, as well as ethnographic perspectives on its recent
manifestations, the essays explore this cornerstone of modern
epidemiology and public health alongside its continuing importance
in today's world. Covering diverse regions, the book argues that
framing animals as spreaders and reservoirs of infectious diseases
- from plague to rabies to Ebola - is an integral aspect not only
to scientific breakthroughs but also to the ideological and
biopolitical apparatus of modern medicine. As the first book to
consider the impact of the image of non-human disease hosts and
vectors on medicine and public health, it offers a major
contribution to our understanding of human-animal interaction under
the shadow of global epidemic threat.
This book takes a historical and anthropological approach to
understanding how non-human hosts and vectors of diseases are
understood, at a time when emerging infectious diseases are one of
the central concerns of global health. The volume critically
examines the ways in which animals have come to be framed as
'epidemic villains' since the turn of the nineteenth century.
Providing epistemological and social histories of non-human
epidemic blame, as well as ethnographic perspectives on its recent
manifestations, the essays explore this cornerstone of modern
epidemiology and public health alongside its continuing importance
in today's world. Covering diverse regions, the book argues that
framing animals as spreaders and reservoirs of infectious diseases
- from plague to rabies to Ebola - is an integral aspect not only
to scientific breakthroughs but also to the ideological and
biopolitical apparatus of modern medicine. As the first book to
consider the impact of the image of non-human disease hosts and
vectors on medicine and public health, it offers a major
contribution to our understanding of human-animal interaction under
the shadow of global epidemic threat.
How early twentieth century fumigation technologies transformed
maritime quarantine practices and inspired utopian visions of
disease-free global trade. In the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, fumigation technologies transformed global
practices of maritime quarantine through chemical and engineering
innovation. One of these technologies, the widely used Clayton
machine, blasted sulphuric acid gas through a docked ship in an
effort to eliminate pathogens, insects, and rats while leaving the
cargo and the structure of the vessel unharmed, shortening its time
in quarantine and minimizing the risk of importing infectious
diseases. In Sulphuric Utopias, Lukas Engelmann and Christos
Lynteris examine this overlooked but historically crucial practice
at the intersection of epidemiology, hygiene, applied chemistry,
and engineering. They show how maritime fumigation inspired utopian
visions of disease-free trade to improve global shipping and to
encourage universally applicable standards of sanitation and
hygiene. Engelmann and Lynteris chart the history of ideas about
fumigation, disinfection, and quarantine, and chronicle the
development of the Clayton machine in 1880s New Orleans. Built by
the Louisiana Board of Health and adapted and patented by Thomas
Clayton, the machine offered a barrier against bacteria and pests
and enabled a highway to global trade. Engelmann and Lynteris
chronicle the Clayton machine's success and examine its
competitors, including carbon-based fumigation methods in Germany
and the Ottoman Empire as well as the "Sulfurozador" in Argentina.
They follow the international standardization of maritime
fumigation and explore the Clayton machine's decline after World
War I, when visions of "sulphuric utopia" were replaced by a
pragmatic acknowledgment of epidemiological complexity.
China's meteoric rise and ever expanding economic and cultural
footprint have been accompanied by widespread global disquiet.
Whether admiring or alarmist, media discourse and representations
of China often tap into the myths and prejudices that emerged
through specific historical encounters. These deeply embedded
anxieties have shown great resilience, as in recent media
treatments of SARS and the H5N1 virus, which echoed past beliefs
connecting China and disease. Popular perceptions of Asia, too,
continue to be framed by entrenched racial stereotypes: its people
are unfathomable, exploitative, cunning, or excessively
hardworking. This interdisciplinary collection of original essays
offers a broad view of the mechanics that underlie Yellow Peril
discourse by looking at its cultural deployment and repercussions
worldwide.Building on the richly detailed historical studies
already published in the context of the United States and Europe,
contributors to Yellow Perils confront the phenomenon in Italy,
Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, Mongolia, Hong Kong, and China
itself. With chapters based on archival material and interviews,
the collection supplements and often challenges superficial
journalistic accounts and top-down studies by economists and
political scientists. Yellow Peril narratives, contributors find,
constitute cultural vectors of multiple kinds of anxieties,
spanning the cultural, racial, political, and economic. Indeed, the
emergence of the term "Yellow Peril" in such disparate contexts
cannot be assumed to be singular, to refer to the same fears, or to
revolve around the same stereotypes. The discourse, even when used
in reference to a single country like China, is therefore
inherently fractured and multiple. The term "Yellow Peril" may feel
unpalatable and dated today, but the ethnographic, geographic, and
historical breadth of this collection-experiences of Chinese
migration and diaspora, historical reflections on the discourse of
the Yellow Peril in China, and contemporary analyses of the global
reverberations of China's economic rise-offers a unique overview of
the ways in which anti-Chinese narratives continue to play out in
today's world. This timely and provocative book will appeal to
Chinese and Asian Studies scholars, but will also be highly
relevant to historians and anthropologists working on diasporic
communities and on ethnic formations both within and beyond Asia.
China's meteoric rise and ever expanding economic and cultural
footprint have been accompanied by widespread global disquiet.
Whether admiring or alarmist, media discourse and representations
of China often tap into the myths and prejudices that emerged
through specific historical encounters. These deeply embedded
anxieties have shown great resilience, as in recent media
treatments of SARS and the H5N1 virus, which echoed past beliefs
connecting China and disease. Popular perceptions of Asia, too,
continue to be framed by entrenched racial stereotypes: its people
are unfathomable, exploitative, cunning, or excessively
hardworking. This interdisciplinary collection of original essays
offers a broad view of the mechanics that underlie Yellow Peril
discourse by looking at its cultural deployment and repercussions
worldwide. Building on the richly detailed historical studies
already published in the context of the United States and Europe,
contributors to Yellow Perils confront the phenomenon in Italy,
Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, Mongolia, Hong Kong, and China
itself. With chapters based on archival material and interviews,
the collection supplements and often challenges superficial
journalistic accounts and top-down studies by economists and
political scientists. Yellow Peril narratives, contributors find,
constitute cultural vectors of multiple kinds of anxieties,
spanning the cultural, racial, political, and economic. Indeed, the
emergence of the term "Yellow Peril" in such disparate contexts
cannot be assumed to be singular, to refer to the same fears, or to
revolve around the same stereotypes. The discourse, even when used
in reference to a single country like China, is therefore
inherently fractured and multiple. The term "Yellow Peril" may feel
unpalatable and dated today, but the ethnographic, geographic, and
historical breadth of this collection-experiences of Chinese
migration and diaspora, historical reflections on the discourse of
the Yellow Peril in China, and contemporary analyses of the global
reverberations of China's economic rise-offers a unique overview of
the ways in which anti-Chinese narratives continue to play out in
today's world. This timely and provocative book will appeal to
Chinese and Asian Studies scholars, but will also be highly
relevant to historians and anthropologists working on diasporic
communities and on ethnic formations both within and beyond Asia.
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