Coloniality, global health, and reparations

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• Eugene Richardson (Harvard University)
• Thursday 20 October 2022, 15:30-17:00
• Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

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In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician-anthropologist, contends that public health practices – from epidemiological modeling and outbreak containment to Big Data and causal inference – play an essential role in perpetuating a range of global inequities. Drawing on postcolonial theory, medical anthropology, and critical science studies, he demonstrates the ways in which the flagship discipline of epidemiology has been shaped by the colonial, racist, and patriarchal system that had its inception in 1492.

Deploying a range of rhetorical tools and drawing on his clinical work in a variety of epidemics, including Ebola in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo, leishmania in the Sudan, HIV /TB in southern Africa, diphtheria in Bangladesh, and SARS -CoV-2 in the United States, Richardson lays the groundwork for reparative approaches to global health equity.

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