Medical colonialism: the role of medical and psychiatric discourse and practices in shaping colonial power in Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries

 Medical colonialism: the role of medical and psychiatric discourse and practices in shaping colonial power in Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries

El Workgroup CLACSO International Health and Health Sovereignty presents the IX edition of the CLACSO South South International Health Dossier.

This is a joint work of the International Health Program of FLACSO RD (Republic Program)
Dominican Republic) and the Workgroup CLACSO International Health and Health Sovereignty.

These dossiers aim to contribute to the production and dissemination of knowledge and innovation towards an epistemology of health from the South, helping to develop this epistemic perspective.
conceptual, methodological and public policy framework for advocacy at the regional and national levels
Latin America and the caribbean.

We hope it will be of interest to CLACSO member centers, universities and the scientific community of
field of study, social movements, trade unions and civil society organizations,
regional organizations as well as public management and governments of Latin America and the Caribbean
especially.

The central objective of these editions of the Dossier is to strengthen a decolonial, emancipatory and intercultural process in the production of Health from the South and a regional Health Sovereignty strategy.

In this Special Edition, the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain), a collaborative research space built with the Workgroup CLACSO International Health and Health SovereigntyThey present this article on colonialism
biomedical in Africa.

We hope you find them interesting and we appreciate you sharing them.

Author: Espinel Vallejos, Manuel


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