SOCI 364 Lecture 6: L6
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Key tools from constructivist studies of tech: heterogeneous design: development, black boxing. 19th century: cities used to be unhealthy places to live. I(cid:373)porta(cid:374)ce of social i(cid:374)ter(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) britai(cid:374)"s mortality decli(cid:374)e: the foil: tho(cid:373)as mckeo(cid:449)(cid:374)"s nutritio(cid:374) thesis. Improved nutrition of people dramatic mortality decline: takeaway: public heath interventions and sanitation infrastructure mattered. Categorization of diseases: microbiotic invasive, airborne, water and food born, host contact(bites/sex, other, cancer/heart disease/aging. Where to dump water: mains sewage (1865) Where to get drinking water: pure water(70s) How to insure food safety: food acts(70s) Municipal and other localized building projects: both infrastructural and legal.
