Reimagining Science and Statecraft in Postcolonial Kenya

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

List of IllustrationsPrefaceThe Art of Storytelling / Stories of Science: An introductionDaudiColonial AdministrationSoliat Primary SchoolGrowing up During IndependenceHospitalizationStudent Life and Education ReformsKericho Tea HotelOn Becoming a ScientistSiberiaHLA tissue-typing and kidney transplants in Kenya Science and Technology Amendment ActDaniel arap MoiNational PoliticsThe Kenya Medical Research InstituteJapanDivision of Vector Borne DiseasesWellcome TrustWalter Reed Project / US Army Research UnitThe US Embassy and the CDCThe KEMRON TrialSaba Saba and the KEMRON ResultsKinshasa and Racial PoliticsA Son’s DeathCollaborative agreements and fiscal irregularitiesThe Accusations Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission The ArrestCorporate executiveFaithEpilogue by Davy Kiprotich Koech

AUTORE

Denielle Elliottis an Associate Professor in the Departments of Social Science and Anthropologyat York University in Toronto, Canadawith cross-appointments in the graduate programs ofInternational Development Studies, and Science, Technology and Studies. She is a founder and co-curator of the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography, and writes on questions relating to social suffering, colonialism, morality, and the politics of medicine.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780367665784
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 0.98 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 240