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Informationen zum Autor Franziska A. Herbst is a researcher at the Institute for General Practice, Hannover Medical School. Klappentext Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. In her fieldwork, Franziska A. Herbst follows the Giri people as they circulate within and around ethnographic sites that include a rural health center and an urban hospital. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Zusammenfassung Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population’s interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the ‘biomedical’ is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication List of Maps, Figures and Illustrations Acknowledgments Language Notes and Conventions List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Ethnography and the Fieldwork Setting Chapter 2. Bunapas Health Center Chapter 3. Technologies of Disenchantment-Medical Pluralism through a Series of Lenses Chapter 4. The Web of Care Relationships Chapter 5. Ingenious Women-Making Biomedical Reproductive Health Care Meaningful Conclusion Glossary References
