Reading group: History and philosophy of race and microbes
As part of the project “Microbiome research and race in the ‘Local South’” (Vidi, NWO) we would like to invite you to join us in our new reading group “History and philosophy of race and microbes”. We want to encourage all those interested in microbiome research, colonialism and science, race and ethnicity, health inequalities, philosophy of race and history and philosophy of science to join our meetings. We are happy to receive suggestions on readings related to these and similar topics.
Sessions:
Thursday April 25th 15:30 CET Butys Ballot building 3.45. Readings:
Previous sessions:
Thursday March 28th 15:30 CET Reading “Physical anthropology and the quest for the missing link”, Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa by Saul Dubow.
Thursday April 11 15:30 CET Reading Chapter 5 “Ghosting Race” from Benezra "Gut anthro : an experiment in thinking with microbes ” (2023).