This book examines the development of medical sciences in postcolonial Kenya, through the adventures and stories of the controversial Kalenjin scientist Davy Kiprotich Koech. As a collaborative life story project, it privileges African voices and retellings, re-centering the voice of African scientists from the peripheries of storytelling.
This book examines the development of medical sciences in postcolonial Kenya, through the adventures and stories of the controversial Kalenjin scientist Davy Kiprotich Koech. As a collaborative life story project, it privileges African voices and retellings, re-centering the voice of African scientists from the peripheries of storytelling.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Denielle Elliott is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Social Science and Anthropology at York University in Toronto, Canada with cross-appointments in the graduate programs of International Development Studies, and Science, Technology and Studies. She is a founder and co-curator of the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography, and writes on questions relating to social suffering, colonialism, morality, and the politics of medicine.
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List of Illustrations Preface The Art of Storytelling / Stories of Science: An introduction 1. Daudi 2. Colonial Administration 3. Soliat Primary School 4. Growing up During Independence 5. Hospitalization 6. Student Life and Education Reforms 7. Kericho Tea Hotel 8. On Becoming a Scientist 9. Siberia 10. HLA tissue-typing and kidney transplants in Kenya 11. Science and Technology Amendment Act 12. Daniel arap Moi 13. National Politics 14. The Kenya Medical Research Institute 15. Japan 16. Division of Vector Borne Diseases 17. Wellcome Trust 18. Walter Reed Project / US Army Research Unit 19. The US Embassy and the CDC 20. The KEMRON Trial 21. Saba Saba and the KEMRON Results 22. Kinshasa and Racial Politics 23. A Son's Death 24. Collaborative agreements and fiscal irregularities 25. The Accusations 26. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission 27. The Arrest 28. Corporate executive 29. Faith Epilogue by Davy Kiprotich Koech
List of Illustrations Preface The Art of Storytelling / Stories of Science: An introduction 1. Daudi 2. Colonial Administration 3. Soliat Primary School 4. Growing up During Independence 5. Hospitalization 6. Student Life and Education Reforms 7. Kericho Tea Hotel 8. On Becoming a Scientist 9. Siberia 10. HLA tissue-typing and kidney transplants in Kenya 11. Science and Technology Amendment Act 12. Daniel arap Moi 13. National Politics 14. The Kenya Medical Research Institute 15. Japan 16. Division of Vector Borne Diseases 17. Wellcome Trust 18. Walter Reed Project / US Army Research Unit 19. The US Embassy and the CDC 20. The KEMRON Trial 21. Saba Saba and the KEMRON Results 22. Kinshasa and Racial Politics 23. A Son's Death 24. Collaborative agreements and fiscal irregularities 25. The Accusations 26. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission 27. The Arrest 28. Corporate executive 29. Faith Epilogue by Davy Kiprotich Koech
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