Researching the Ebola Reservoir with the Heuristic of the Fetish in Guinea.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2023-05-19 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2023.2214671

Emmanuelle Roth

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Abstract

The unprecedented character of the 2013-2016 epidemic of Ebola in West Africa paved the way for a wave of investigations into the reservoir of the disease. A novel economy of health projects arose, which employed Guinean professionals to sample animals and fortify a hypothesis: that the disease spilled over from a bat. Through exploring virology research and its dangers in post-Ebola Guinea, I argue that the hypothesis of a bat reservoir has taken on a heuristic role that can be compared to the way that a fetish polarizes relations between the people who manipulate and fear this idea.

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用拜物教的启发研究几内亚埃博拉病毒库。

2013-2016年西非埃博拉疫情的空前特征为对该疾病宿主的一波调查铺平了道路。一种新的经济健康项目出现了，它雇佣几内亚的专业人员对动物进行取样，并强化了一种假设:这种疾病是从一只蝙蝠传播过来的。通过探索病毒学研究及其在埃博拉后的几内亚的危险，我认为蝙蝠宿主的假设已经发挥了启发式的作用，可以与一种恋物癖的方式进行比较，这种恋物癖使操纵和恐惧这个想法的人之间的关系两极分化。

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Medical Anthropology Multiple-

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4.10

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