Afterword: relevance and realities of anthropological critique of epidemiology.

Abstract

It was with great delight that I accepted the invitation by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research in the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CRASSH) to participate and contribute in a thematic analysis of events and epidemic crises, and exploring the dialectics of events and process. This engagement organized by Christos Lynteris brought together anthropologists and historians examining the relationship between event and process, with applied public health and social scientists in an interdisciplinary discussion on the role of subjects in such crises, and the importance of social perceptions of epidemic outbreaks in the process of preventing and containing them.