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Epidemic illusions: on the coloniality of global public health
In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician and an 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, Richardson 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.
Date:
21 October 2021, 16:00
Venue:
32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House), 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
Speaker:
Dr Eugene Richardson (Harvard University)
Organising department:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Host:
Dr Ben Chrisinger (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention Seminars
Booking required?:
Required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jeanpierre De Rosnay
