Life at a Distance
Medicine and Nationalism in India's Pan-African E-Network
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- Paperback
228 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2025
Summary
In Life at a Distance, Vincent Duclos recounts the story of the Pan-African e-Network. Branded as “India’s gift to the world,” and as a “shining example of South-South cooperation,” the Pan-African e-Network was an exceptionally ambitious project. Between 2009 and 2017 the network used satellite technology to connect hospitals across Africa with hospitals in India, providing medical education and delivering health care for patients at a distance. Duclos shows how, by accelera…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501782060 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501782061 |
| Author: | Vincent Duclos |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge |
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About The Author
Vincent Duclos
Vincent Duclos is Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His ethnographic research focuses on global capitalism, digital technology, and medicine, and the many ways they are entangled.
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