Politicising Polio

An original contribution which develops new theoretical work in political anthropology and anthropology of disability.

Effectively links polio disability with post-war peace building and state reconstruction.

Speaks to the broader political agendas of post-Cold War neoliberalism and conflict resolution, especially in Africa, but also well beyond.

Provides a retrospective analysis of factors leading to the historic turn towards the emergence of global illiberalism.

Autorentext
Diana Szántó is a cultural anthropologist, independent researcher and activist. She worked for more than 20 years as the leader of a Hungarian-based NGO, creating opportunities, channels and incentives for intercultural understanding, learning and co-existence. Her research focuses on urban anthropology, migration and social movements, and the intersection of international development, social justice and health. In recent years she has been teaching medical anthropology and qualitative research methodology at the Health and Community program of the School for International Training.

Inhalt
Part I: Staging a play (A Critical Ethnography of Disability).- 1. The Set: Parallel Worlds (Sierra Leone on the World Stage).- 2. The Cast Onstage and Off: Polio and Beggars on Wheels.- 3. Writing the Play: Creating Disability and DPOs.- 4. Scripts about disability. Stories from the polio-houses.- Part II: After the Play? (An Ethnographic Critique of Project Society).- 5. Discrimination as Structural Violence.- 6. Perceptions, representations and coloniality.- 7. Expulsions: Disability, Power, Land, and Citizen's Rights.- 8. Hope.