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024 7 _a10.1515/9783839450536
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9783839450536
035 _a(DE-B1597)539330
035 _a(OCoLC)1196258664
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082 0 4 _83p
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _avan Soest, Matian
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Political Ecology of Malaria :
_bEmerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda /
_cMatian van Soest.
264 1 _aBielefeld :
_btranscript Verlag,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _a1 online resource (212 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aMedical Humanities ;
_v4
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAbbreviations --
_tFigures and Tables --
_t1. Introduction --
_tRelevance of the study and literature --
_tThe need for an ecological context --
_tResearch questions --
_tOutline of the book --
_t2. Malaria: A brief overview --
_tIntroduction --
_tGlobal Perspective --
_tThe parasite’s life cycle --
_tThe interplay of humans, mosquitoes, and parasites --
_tMalaria in numbers --
_tProgression of the disease --
_tMalaria testing and treatment of clinical malaria --
_tMalaria treatment --
_tLocal understandings of malaria --
_tPlurality of meanings, syncretic models --
_tPerceptions of malaria: a “killer disease”? --
_t3. Ethnographic research in Uganda: Language and ethics in the field --
_tInitial considerations --
_tInterdisciplinary research projects and their methodological implications --
_tQualitative research in a foreign research setting: the issue of language --
_tWorking with an interpreter --
_tHiring an assistant --
_tDoing research, constructing the field --
_tPositionality: A German researcher in Uganda --
_tDoing research in a health facility --
_t4. Kampala’s urban fringe: Socio-economic dynamics and transformations --
_tCentral Uganda --
_tInfrastructure --
_tThe Namulonge Research Farm --
_tWetlands --
_tLand ownership and land use --
_tStructural adjustment: the 1998 Uganda Land Act --
_tColonial legacies: the introduction of mailo land --
_tMailo land in Namulonge --
_tHealth in local context --
_tHealth care in Uganda --
_t5. Providing malaria treatment: Different forms of healthcare in Uganda --
_tIntroduction --
_tSelf-medication and individualized conceptions of health --
_tMapping healthcare --
_tHealthcare in Uganda: Historical Perspective --
_tFormalized healthcare --
_tInformal healthcare --
_t6. Coping with malaria: Facets of health seeking --
_tIntroduction --
_tCosts of biomedical malaria treatment --
_tMalaria treatment outside the biomedical arena --
_tPeter --
_tGerald --
_tMukyala Nakakande --
_t7. Agriculture in the urban fringe: The ambivalent role of wetlands --
_tWetland agriculture and mosquitoes --
_tMalaria and Agriculture --
_tWetlands as economic resource --
_tWetland mining --
_tFisheries --
_tMalaria and agriculture: local perceptions --
_tMalaria campaigns and wetland agriculture --
_tWetlands as a last resort --
_tThe ambivalent character of wetlands --
_t8. Conclusion --
_tIntroduction --
_tOutlook --
_tReferences
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aMalaria remains one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Matian van Soest looks at the malaria epidemic in the peri-urban zones of Uganda's capital Kampala against the backdrop of recent socio-ecological transformations.Based on long-term ethnographic research, the book provides a holistic picture of the malaria epidemic in central Uganda, revealing the highly localized character of an epidemic that once spanned across almost the entire globe. Understanding, and ultimately tackling the disease, requires an appreciation of the social, political, as well as ecological circumstances that frame this epidemic.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aMalaria.
650 4 _aCultural Anthropology.
650 4 _aCultural Geography.
650 4 _aEthnology.
650 4 _aMedical Anthropology.
650 4 _aMedicine.
650 4 _aPolitical Ecology.
650 4 _aSocial Inequality.
650 4 _aSociology of Medicine.
650 4 _aUganda.
650 4 _aUrban Fringe.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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653 _aCultural Anthropology.
653 _aCultural Geography.
653 _aEthnology.
653 _aMedical Anthropology.
653 _aMedicine.
653 _aPolitical Ecology.
653 _aSocial Inequality.
653 _aSociology of Medicine.
653 _aUganda.
653 _aUrban Fringe.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783839450536?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839450536
856 4 2 _3Cover
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