Edges of Exposure - Toxicology and the Problem of Capacity in Postcolonial Senegal

Informationen zum Autor Noémi Tousignant is Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College London. Klappentext Noémi Tousignant is Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College London. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  ix Introduction: Poisons and Unprotection in Africa  1 1. After Interruption: Recovering Movement in the Polyrhythmic Laboratory  25 2. Advancement: Futures of Toxicology during "la Coopération"  59 3. Routine Rhythms and the Regulatory Imagination  85 4. Prolonging Project Locustox, Instrastructuring Sahelian Ecotoxicology  105 5. Waiting/Not Waiting for Poison Control  125 Epilogue. Partial Privileges  143 Notes  151 Bibliography  179 Index  205

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• Authors: Noaemi Tousignant, Noemi Tousignant, Noémi Tousignant, No'mi Tousignant, NoTmi Tousignant
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780822371137
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-7113-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Experimental Futures; Experimental Futures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Afrikanische Geschichte, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Africa / West