L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Todd Gitlin, Leishmaniasis, Structural Violence
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Juxtaposition of horrific imagery and light hearted tone. An unbearable apotheosis of desolation that speaks to the necessity of our making a mental effort to grasp what is impossible to grasp a duty that has been imposed upon us by history. Seems to be impossible but is reality, levinas, 1st order suffering. Diseases seen in the imaging as emerging as something new. Emerging as in re-emerging yellow fever, cholera, plague, ebola. All 3 gave rise to the idea of a global pandemic. Zika gave the idea of something spreading. All 3 they are new emerging, there are difficulties trading them, leading to fear of pandemic, how to treat because they are new. Structural and infrastructural challenges have to take into consideration the lack of structural and infrastructure. Social inequalities and emerging infectious diseases paul farmer. Not only newer diseases (e. g. , hiv, sars) but older diseases (e. g. , tb, ebola) are enduring and intensifying.
