Name: Reimagining Science and Statecraft in Postcolonial Kenya: Stories From an African Scientist (Routledge Contemporary Africa) (en Inglés)
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Author: Denielle Elliott
ISBN: 9781138059122

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Reimagining Science and Statecraft in Postcolonial Kenya: Stories From an African Scientist (Routledge Contemporary Africa) (en Inglés)

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Routledge

Autor

Denielle Elliott

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

240

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781138059122

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Categorías

Biografía: general

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This book examines the development of medical sciences in postcolonial Kenya, through the adventures and stories of the controversial Kalenjin scientist Davy Kiprotich Koech. As a collaborative life story project, it privileges African voices and retellings, re-centring the voice of African scientists from the peripheries of storytelling about science, global health research collaborations, national politics, international geopolitical alliances, and medical research. Focusing largely on the development of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and its collaborations with the US Centers for Disease Control, the Walter Reed Project, Japan’s International Cooperation Agency, the Wellcome Trust, and other international partners, Denielle Elliott and Davy Koech challenge euro-dominant representations of African science and global health in both the contemporary and historical and offer an unconventional account which aims to destabilize colonial and neo-colonial narratives about African science, scientists, and statecraft. The stories force readers to contend with a series of questions including: How do imperial effects shape contemporary medical research and national sovereignty? In which ways do the colonial ghosts of early medical research infuse the struggles of postcolonial scientists to build national scientific projects? How were postcolonial nation-building projects tied up with the dreams and visions of African scientists? And lastly, how might we reimagine African medicine and biosciences? The monograph will be of interest to students, educators, and scholars working in African Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Global Health, Cultural Anthropology, and Medical Anthropology.