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Seminar series 2022

12 October 2022: Eugene Richardson: Coloniality, Global Health, and Reparations

4.30pm – 6pm, Council Room, Laurie Grove Baths

In Epidemic Illusions, Eugene Richardson, a physician-anthropologist, contends that public health practices–from epidemiological modeling and outbreak containment to Big Data and causal inference–play an essential role in perpetuating a range of global inequities. Drawing on postcolonial theory, medical anthropology, and critical science studies, he demonstrates the ways in which the flagship discipline of epidemiology has been shaped by the colonial, racist, and patriarchal system that had its inception in 1492.

Deploying a range of rhetorical tools and drawing on his clinical work in a variety of epidemics, including Ebola in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo, leishmania in the Sudan, HIV/TB in southern Africa, diphtheria in Bangladesh, and SARS-CoV-2 in the United States, Richardson lays the groundwork for reparative approaches to global health equity.

The U.K.’s Growing Gambling Problem

‘Academic research into gambling was “a second-rate field” because of the proliferation of industry-financed research projects’ Professor Rebecca Cassidy raises is New York Times.

Read full article here

TEDx UCL Women 2017 -call for volunteers

TEDx UCL Women is an independent TED event run by UCL students which celebrate women at UCL and in the wider community and all work done to break down gender-based and intersected oppressions.

Although based at UCL and run primarily by UCL students, the organisers would like to make use of the dense population of creative and interested people at London universities, be they students or staff, and attempt to utilise this for their team members and speakers. This year’s talk has been scheduled for November and the organisers are now recruiting team members to help put the event together.

If you’re interested in getting involved, please see the recruitment pack, with information about the roles available, and the application form. Interested parties are also encouraged to like the events Facebook page and to follow them on Twitter as both platforms will be updated on a regular basis with more details of the event.

TEDx events are not-for-profit and are run by volunteers, so all roles available are on a volunteering basis. However, they try their best to develop the skills of every person involved in the team and offer training and development to their best ability.

Art and Anthropology- from archive to future: part four

As part of the Department of Anthropology’s screening event curated by Matthew Stock, here is the fourth of our selected student films.

To the Woman in the Frame, by Charis Hauri