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Medical Anthropology Seminar, 11th Oct: Catherine Montgomery | Anthropologies of African Biosciences

In recent years, STS has engaged with a variety of other disciplines and institutional contexts, from feminist studies to management schools. In 2009, Woolgar et al asked whether STS meant business, problematising the identity of STS, including its utility, value and practicality. In spite of moving around laterally, STS remains transfixed with objects of study in 'the North'. This paper explores... moreIn recent years, STS has engaged with a variety of other disciplines and institutional contexts, from feminist studies to management schools. In 2009, Woolgar et al asked whether STS meant business, problematising the identity of STS, including its utility, value and practicality. In spite of moving around laterally, STS remains transfixed with objects of study in 'the North'. This paper explores what it would mean for STS to engage simultaneously with new objects, audiences and collaborators in untried epistemic and geographic fields. view page