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Mahamari Plague : rats, colonial medicine and indigenous knowledge in Kumaon and Garhwal, India
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dc.contributor.author | Lynteris, Christos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-18T10:30:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-18T10:30:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-17 | |
dc.identifier | 278398269 | |
dc.identifier | 489311e7-5ae2-4107-85a1-fedeafd76a07 | |
dc.identifier | 000796770100001 | |
dc.identifier | 85130183432 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lynteris , C 2022 , ' Mahamari Plague : rats, colonial medicine and indigenous knowledge in Kumaon and Garhwal, India ' , Medical Anthropology , vol. 41 , no. 4 , pp. 373-386 . https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2022.2058397 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0145-9740 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8397-0050/work/113399090 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25400 | |
dc.description | Research leading to this article was funded by the Wellcome Trust [grant ID 217988/Z/19/Z] for the project “The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis.” | en |
dc.description.abstract | Colonial approaches to animal and zoonotic diseases are often scrutinized in terms of their recognition or dismissal of indigenous knowledge. In this article I examine British colonial approaches to “Mahamari plague” in mid-nineteenth century Kumaon and Garhwal, in the Indian Himalayas. Discussing two key colonial medical expeditions in the region, I argue that the eventual recognition of the validity of Kumaoni and Garhwali knowledge of Mahamari and its relation to rats intensified intrusive colonial intervention on indigenous lifeways. I examine this neglected impact of the colonial recognition of indigenous knowledge and urge for approaches that place more emphasis on the practical impact of colonial epistemologies. | |
dc.format.extent | 15 | |
dc.format.extent | 756318 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Medical Anthropology | en |
dc.subject | Plague | en |
dc.subject | Rats | en |
dc.subject | Colonialism | en |
dc.subject | Indigenous knowledge | en |
dc.subject | Mahamari | en |
dc.subject | GN Anthropology | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GN | en |
dc.title | Mahamari Plague : rats, colonial medicine and indigenous knowledge in Kumaon and Garhwal, India | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Wellcome Trust | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Social Anthropology | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/01459740.2022.2058397 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 217988/Z/19/Z | en |
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