ArticleThe Journal of modern African studies2016
Seeking exposure: conversions of scientific knowledge in an African city.
Article in The Journal of modern African studies, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Taking Opportunities, Taking Medicines: Antibiotic Use in Rural Eastern Uganda.Medical anthropologyArticle
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Abstract
Transnational medical research has become a common feature in many parts of Africa. This paper explores the contribution such activity makes to the social and economic lives of those involved, including both trial subjects and local staff. By considering the value of the 'exposure' that involvement brings to staff and research participants, we reflect on the conversion of scientific knowledge into practical knowledge and its value to sustaining precarious livelihoods in an economically fragile city. We consider the interplay between science and sociality and argue for a need to take seriously the circulation of scientific knowledge beyond the confines of expert spaces.
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