Hybrid Book Launch | Maraña: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia
📚 Join us for the hybrid launch of Lina Pinto-García’s new book,
Maraña:
War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia, published by the University of
Chicago Press.
This event will be chaired by Denielle Elliott, with insightful
commentary from Aryn Martin, Drew Belsky, and Luis Van Isschot.
Event Details:
📅 Date & Time: March 4, 10:00 AM EST
📍 Location: Harriet Tubman Institute Resource Room, York University
(York Lanes 314), Toronto
💻 Hybrid Event: Attend in person or join us online. Register here to
receive the Zoom link!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-of-the-book-marana-war-and-disease-in-the-
jungles-of-colombia-tickets-1224004613749?aff=oddtdtcreator
☕ Refreshments will be provided
🎟 30% Pre-Order Discount at the University of Chicago Press website (
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo246494492.html): Code
UCPNEW
We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please
contact linabpg@yorku.ca
About the Book
Maraña delves into the relationship between war and disease, focusing on
Colombian armed conflict and the skin disease known as cutaneous
leishmaniasis.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis, transmitted by female sandflies, produces skin
lesions of varying size and shape. In Colombia, the insect vector of the
disease is native to the same forested environments that have served as the
main stage for one of the longest and most violent wars in Latin American
history. As a result, the populations most affected by leishmaniasis in
Colombia are members of the state army and nonstate armed groups.
Lina Pinto-García explores how leishmaniasis and the armed conflict are
inextricably connected and mutually reinforcing. Maraña means “tangle”
in
Spanish but is also commonly used in Colombia to name the entangled
greenery, braided lianas, and dense foliage that characterize the tropical
forests where leishmaniasis transmission typically occurs. Pinto-García
argues that leishmaniasis and the war are not merely linked but enmarañadas
to each other through narratives, technologies, and practices produced by
the state, medicine, biomedical research, and the armed conflict itself.
All told, Maraña is a passionate study of how war has shaped the
production of scientific knowledge about leishmaniasis and access to its
treatments in Colombia.
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