The Ann Johnson Institute for STS is thrilled to announce the inaugural winner
<br>of our 2020-2021 book manuscript workshop is Lina Pinto Garca for her book
<br>project Maraa: Leishmaniasis and the Pharmaceuticalization of War in
<br>Columbia. Congratulations Lina! And a big thanks to everyone who submitted
<br>applications, we are in awe of how many interesting STS projects are on the go
<br>and can't wait to see them come to fruition.
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<br>You can read more about Lina here
<br>www.linapintogarcia.com
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<br>You can read about her book project here:
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<br>Maraa: Leishmaniasis and the Pharmaceuticalization of War in Columbia
<br>This ethnographic monograph explores how the Colombian armed conflict and a
<br>vector-borne disease called cutaneous leishmaniasis are inextricably connected
<br>and mutually reinforcing. The stigmatization of the illness as the guerrilla
<br>disease is reinforced by the states restriction on access to antileishmanial
<br>medicines, a measure that is commonly interpreted as a warfare strategy to
<br>affect insurgent groups. Situated at the intersection between STS and critical
<br>medical anthropology, this work draws on multi-sited field research conducted
<br>during the peace implementation period after the agreement reached by the
<br>Colombian government and FARC, the oldest and largest guerrilla organization
<br>in Latin America. It engages not only with the stigmatization of leishmaniasis
<br>patients as guerrilla members and the exclusionary access to antileishmanial
<br>drugs but also with other closely related aspects that constitute the
<br>war-shaped experience of leishmaniasis in Colombia. This work illuminates how
<br>leishmaniasis has been socially, discursively, and materially constructed as a
<br>disease of the war, and how the armed conflict is entangled with the realm of
<br>public health, medicine, and especially pharmaceutical drugs.
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<br>Leah McClimans
<br>www.leahmcclimans.com
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<br>Associate Professor, Philosophy
<br>Co-Director Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology & Society
<br>Lead for INtegrating Values InTo Evidence-Based Medicine/Policy (INVITE)
<br>https://valuesbasedpractice.org/what-do-we-do/networks/integrating-values-int
<br>o-evidence-based-medicine-invite/
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