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‘Stay on your continent!’ Coronavirus and the alarm of European spread in South Africa

Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Brandaan Huigen When the first cases of infection started to appear in southern Germany, Jens Spahn, the Federal Minister of Health, was…

Post date 22nd March 2020
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Politically charged and morally provocative: A report from the German Anthropological Association’s (DGSKA) conference in Konstanz

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Piyush Pushkar I had the pleasure of attending the recent conference of the German Anthropological Association (DGSKA) in Konstanz, which invited panels…

Post date 5th December 2019
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Ideological Closure, Austerity and National Health Service Reforms: How do UK healthcare bureaucrats close down the political space available for ethical debate of budgets, reforms and their consequences?

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Piyush Pushkar For my PhD research, I spent a year doing ethnographic fieldwork in Greater Manchester, with political activists campaigning against cuts…

Post date 25th November 2019
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Recovery Adjourned: Curative Belonging between Cameroon and Germany

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Henriette Vogel The point of departure of my fieldwork and the cornerstone of my future Master’s thesis is an event of a…

Post date 16th October 2019
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What’s in a name? Diagnostic uncertainty and moral experience in a mental hospital in the Tanga region of Tanzania

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Florin Cristea “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” William…

Post date 12th July 2019
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“Creative Methods and Participatory Arts Research in Medical Anthropology” – Conference Report of the 9th MAYS Meeting

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Hide Press Release (6 Less Words) Ursula Probst, Karoline Buchner, Max Schnepf Copyright: Ritti Soncco Introduction: Focusing on Junior Scholars’ Perspectives In medical anthropology, participatory act…

Post date 31st January 2019
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Different Shades of White: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Albinotic Body – Conference Report

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Christopher Hohl Several phenomena have contributed to the increased attention paid to albinism in the past decade. The terrible atrocities inflicted on…

Post date 5th December 2018
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Transfiguring Psychoanalysis and Culture: Review of “Psychoanalysis from the Indian Terroir: Emerging Themes in Culture, Family, and Childhood” (Edited by Manasi Kumar, Anup Dhar, and Anurag Mishra; Foreword by Erica Burman)

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Book cover Psychoanalysis from the Indian Terroir. Copyright: Rowman & Littlefield. Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Nasima Selim “What happens when psychoanalysis – born in Western Europe,…

Post date 13th August 2018
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Review of “The politics of vaccination. A global history” (Edited by Christine Holmberg, Stuart Blume and Paul Greenough)

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Photo: Paul R. Greenough Eva Jansen “The politics of vaccination. A global history” is a multi-faceted study of the connections between vaccination, identity (constructions and politics), political s…

Post date 8th May 2018
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Flüchtige Leben, gesundheitliche Versorgung: Medizin und Migration – ein Kongress-Bericht

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Caroline Meier zu Biesen Über die Grenze. Eine wachsende Zahl Flüchtender erreicht Südtirol. Aufgrund aktueller Migrationsbewegungen intensiviert sich die Debatte um ihre medizinische Versorgung. Bild…

Post date 16th January 2018
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Embodied Belonging: In/exclusion, Health Care, and Well-Being in a World in Motion – Workshop Report

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Hide Press Release (4 Less Words) Caroline Meier zu Biesen Report on the workshop “Embodied Belonging: In/exclusion, Health Care, and Well-Being in a World in Motion”, convened on…

Post date 22nd November 2017
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Refuge Europe at its Limits? Limits and Contradictions of the Political and Moral Ideal – Conference report

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Hide Press Release (5 Less Words) Marcos Freire de Andrade Neves From the left: Prof. Alessandro Monsutti; Prof. Heath Cabot; Žiga Podgornik-Jakil; Prof. Olaf Zenker. Photographer Timur H…

Post date 3rd November 2017
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Transnational Scientific Projects and Racial Politics: The KEMRI Six Case Against the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Contemporary Kenya

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Denielle Elliott The Supreme Court of Kenya: Lawyer Ogutu, Sam Gwer, Lawyer Chigiti, Michael Mwaniki, and Moses Ndiritu (left to right), taken…

Post date 7th August 2017
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Die Ärzteschaft türkischer Herkunft und die „Entdeckung des türkischen Patienten“ – zur Ethnisierung der Gesundheitsversorgung in (West-)Deutschland

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Lisa Peppler Arztkoffer mit Utensilien, um 1980; Wörterbuch Deutsch-Türkisch, 1976. Objekte in Privatbesitz, Foto: Lisa Peppler. Im gesundheitswissenschaftlichen Disku…

Post date 26th June 2017
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Cancer, Care and Hope – A Hospital Ethnography on Palliative Care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Andrea Buhl Photo 1: Ocean Road Cancer Institute Dar es Salaam, Source: ORCI. The emergence of hospices and palliative care in Africa…

Post date 29th May 2017
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From Harry Potter to Jesus – A transfigurative conference report

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Hide Press Release (4 Less Words) Laura Perler, Francesca Rickli Credit: Transcultural Studies, University of St. Gallen Conference report on the anniversary conference: ‘Transfigurationen: Medizin mac…

Post date 4th May 2017
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Weaving the World in Conversation with Paul Stoller: From Sensuous Scholarship to Public Anthropology

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Hide Press Release (11 Less Words) Kristina Dohrn, Britta Rutert, Judith Schühle, Nasima Selim, Mechthild von Vacano Picture 1: Paul Stoller. 11 February 2017. Image published with permission.…

Post date 24th April 2017
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Warum Mindfulness, Life Coaching und Self-Help an Popularität gewinnen: Der Workshop „Travelling and Transforming Therapeutics“ nahm therapeutische Praktiken global unter die Lupe

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Hide Press Release (12 Less Words) Suvi Salmenniemi, Harley Bergroth, Inna Perheentupa, Johanna Nurmi, Laura Kemppainen, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir Bild 1: © Jutta Reippainen Verschiedene therapeutische Pr…

Post date 19th April 2017
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Refusing Blood, Establishing Relational Biocitizenship: Collectivizing Moments among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Małgorzata Rajtar Picture 1: Excerpt from a Jehovah’s Witness advance directive. © Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Photo: M.…

Post date 4th April 2017
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An Option with no Choice? The Role of Preventive Technologies in (Dis-)Locating a Malaria Epidemic

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) René Umlauf This photo was taken 31st of August 2016. It shows the compound of Gulu’s District Health Administration, which was used…

Post date 27th January 2017
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Locating Care within the Nascent Infrastructure: Renal Dialysis in Thailand

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Hide Press Release (3 Less Words) Bo Kyeong Seo A new tertiary hospital building is under construction in Chiang Mai. / Photo: B.K. Seo When new epidemics hit…

Post date 26th January 2017
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Arabian Medical Genetics: Of Rare Disorders and Decreasing Oil Rent

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Claire Beaudevin Diagram explaining the transmission of alleles between parents and children (Department of Inherited Blood Disorders (Ministry of Health) and Ministry…

Post date 25th January 2017
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Embryos on the Move: Transnational Networks of Surrogacy

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Anika König Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) where sperm is manually injected into the egg cell. This procedure is predominantly used to overcome…

Post date 24th January 2017
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Muttermilch und Vaterrolle – Konstruktionen von Elternschaft im Stilldiskurs: Perspektiven aus Expertenalltag und Familienrealitäten

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Laura Gawinski Mutter mit ihrem gerade gestilltem Säugling | Foto: L. Gawinski „Stillen ist das Beste für Ihr Kind“ – dies ist…

Post date 24th October 2016
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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