What is a Public Space Without a Public?
A warm lunchtime in Sheffield, a city of half a million people in the north of England. It is late […]
The Presence of Absence in Surrogate Homes
“Why does it matter if Raia is at home or not?”, the clinic’s flat-manager wondered. “It’s not her apartment but
Review: White Gold. Stories of Breast Milk Sharing
Those of the general public who have heard of milk kinship usually regard milk kinship as a feature of “primitive”,
Towards a relational anthropology of the state
This ain’t New York As a contributor to the recently published edited volume Stategraphy: Towards a relational anthropology of the
Unseen citizen engagement with science, technology and health in Russia
At the beginning of 2017 many Russians living with HIV/AIDS were told by their doctors that there were no antiretroviral
Humanitarianism tomorrow? Humanitarian actions in former Yugoslavia
“We did it! Montenegro passed the great exam of humanness. In less than 48 hours it collected over 200,000EUR to
An Option with no Choice? The Role of Preventive Technologies in (Dis-)Locating a Malaria Epidemic
In August 2016, during a science-meets-policy summit in Kampala’s famous Serena Hotel, a presentation on the (in-)effectiveness of so-called long-lasting
Locating Care within the Nascent Infrastructure: Renal Dialysis in Thailand
When new epidemics hit us, calls for infrastructural development are renewed. More investment in hospital facilities, medical staff and the
Arabian Medical Genetics: Of Rare Disorders and Decreasing Oil Rent
Medical genetics has long gone global. From WHO recommendations and travelling bioethics experts and DNA samples, to disease-related Facebook groups
Embryos on the Move: Transnational Networks of Surrogacy
Gestational surrogacy is a reproductive technology where embryos are produced ‘in-vitro’ in a laboratory and subsequently implanted into the uterus