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Edges of Exposure
Toxicology and the Problem of Capacity in Postcolonial Senegal
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Noémi Tousignant
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English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
Following Senegalese toxicologists as they struggle to keep equipment, labs, and projects operating, Noémi Tousignant explores the impact of insufficient investments in scientific capacity in postcolonial Africa.
Author / Editor information
Noémi Tousignant is Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College London.
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"Edges of Exposure has much to recommend it and belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in postcolonial and African science, toxic exposure and risk, global health, or contemporary Africa. At a brisk 149 pages of readable prose and relatively accessible academic language, it would also fit well on graduate or upper-level undergraduate reading lists."
-- Kirsten Moore-Sheeley Journal of the History of Medicine
"Edges of Exposure is a powerful contribution to ethnographically grounded STS research focused on toxicology, global environmental health science, and what might be termed postcolonial laboratory life. . . . It is a unique contribution to the broader anthropology of toxics and global environmental health science studies."
-- Peter C. Little Anthropological Quarterly
"Edges of Exposure . . . drives home the starkness of our uneven global economy of health. . . . Tousignant offers a much-needed ethnography of the ways that scientists can perform an emerging state, coupled with an in-depth exploration of the ramifications therein, and leaves us with the fundamental question of how to address global inequities that demand such precarious performances."
-- Marlee Tichenor Somatosphere
"Tousignant makes the consequences of precariousness, uncertainty, and lack of autonomy in research concrete and tangible. In this regard, Edges of Exposure provides a timely warning of the dangers to which, as inhabitants of an increasingly toxic, interconnected, and unequal world, we are all exposed, both as citizens and as public scientists."
-- Agata Mazzeo Isis
"Edges of Exposure is certainly important reading for those interested in the history and anthropology of African health, science and technology studies in Africa, environmental health, and the growing literature on toxicologies. It is a great addition to these fields and greatly contributes to growing concerns over toxins in Africa."
-- Kristin Peterson Catalyst
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Poisons and Unprotection in Africa
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1. After Interruption: Recovering Movement in the Polyrhythmic Laboratory
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2. Advancement: Futures of Toxicology during “la Coopération”
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3. Routine Rhythms and the Regulatory Imagination
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4. Prolonging Project Locustox, Infrastructuring Sahelian Ecotoxicology
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5. Waiting/Not Waiting for Poison Control
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Epilogue: Partial Privileges
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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April 19, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9780822371724
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224
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18 illustrations
eBook ISBN:
9780822371724
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