Health technologies aim to improve individual and population health, but they may also
exacerbate health disparities. Focusing on the specific design features of technologies, their …

We listen to a cacophony of voices instructing us how to think and feel about nature,
including our own bodies. The news media, wildlife documentaries, science magazines, and …

Abby Lippman's geneticisation thesis, of the early 1990s, argued and anticipated that with
the rise of genetics, increasing areas of social and health related activities would come to be …

Through European colonialisms spanning five centuries, coloniality–as intersectional
stratification and violence directed against 'other worlds'–has been central to the making of …

As I reached the end of the final draft of this second edition in summer 2016, and the
candidates for US president approached their official nominations, I remembered that damp …

Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a complex and
evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of …

In Uneven Encounters, Micol Seigel chronicles the exchange of popular culture between
Brazil and the United States in the years between the World Wars, and demonstrates how …

In genetics laboratories in Latin America, scientists have been mapping the genomes of
local populations, seeking to locate the genetic basis of complex diseases and to trace …

Drawing on insights from work in medical history and sociology, this book analyzes
changing meanings of personalized medicine over time, from the rise of biomedicine in the …

Current academic literature examining race and nature conservation in South Africa has
relied mainly on secondary data analysis while neglecting the voices of local communities …