The Political Ecology of Malaria
Emerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda
Malaria remains one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Matian van Soest looks at the malaria epidemic in the peri-urban zones of Uganda's capital Kampala against the backdrop of recent socio-ecological transformations.
Based on long-term ethnographic research, the book provides a holistic picture of the malaria epidemic in central Uganda, revealing the highly localized character of an epidemic that once spanned across almost the entire globe. Understanding, and ultimately tackling the disease, requires an appreciation of the social, political, as well as ecological circumstances that frame this epidemic.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Acknowledgments
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Abbreviations
Seiten 11 - 12 -
Figures and Tables
Seiten 13 - 14 -
1. Introduction
Relevance of the study and literature
Seiten 16 - 18 -
The need for an ecological context
Seiten 18 - 19 -
Research questions
Seiten 20 - 22 -
Outline of the book
Seiten 22 - 24 -
2. Malaria: A brief overview
Introduction
Seiten 25 - 26 -
Global Perspective
Seiten 27 - 30 -
The parasite's life cycle
Seiten 30 - 32 -
The interplay of humans, mosquitoes, and parasites
Seiten 32 - 34 -
Malaria in numbers
Seiten 34 - 40 -
Progression of the disease
Seiten 40 - 42 -
Malaria testing and treatment of clinical malaria
Seiten 43 - 44 -
Malaria treatment
Seiten 44 - 45 -
Local understandings of malaria
Seiten 45 - 46 -
Plurality of meanings, syncretic models
Seiten 46 - 48 -
Perceptions of malaria: a "killer disease"?
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3. Ethnographic research in Uganda: Language and ethics in the field
Initial considerations
Seiten 52 - 54 -
Interdisciplinary research projects and their methodological implications
Seiten 54 - 55 -
Qualitative research in a foreign research setting: the issue of language
Seiten 55 - 57 -
Working with an interpreter
Seiten 57 - 63 -
Hiring an assistant
Seiten 63 - 65 -
Doing research, constructing the field
Seiten 65 - 69 -
Positionality: A German researcher in Uganda
Seiten 69 - 74 -
Doing research in a health facility
Seiten 74 - 78 -
4. Kampala's urban fringe: Socio-economic dynamics and transformations
Central Uganda
Seiten 79 - 84 -
Infrastructure
Seiten 84 - 86 -
The Namulonge Research Farm
Seiten 86 - 87 -
Wetlands
Seiten 88 - 90 -
Land ownership and land use
Seiten 90 - 91 -
Structural adjustment: the 1998 Uganda Land Act
Seiten 91 - 92 -
Colonial legacies: the introduction of mailo land
Seiten 92 - 95 -
Mailo land in Namulonge
Seite 96 -
Health in local context
Seite 97 -
Health care in Uganda
Seiten 97 - 100 -
5. Providing malaria treatment: Different forms of healthcare in Uganda
Introduction
Seiten 101 - 109 -
Self-medication and individualized conceptions of health
Seiten 109 - 112 -
Mapping healthcare
Seiten 112 - 113 -
Healthcare in Uganda: Historical Perspective
Seiten 114 - 117 -
Formalized healthcare
Seiten 117 - 119 -
Informal healthcare
Seiten 119 - 128 -
6. Coping with malaria: Facets of health seeking
Introduction
Seiten 129 - 134 -
Costs of biomedical malaria treatment
Seiten 134 - 138 -
Malaria treatment outside the biomedical arena
Seiten 138 - 141 -
Peter
Seiten 141 - 146 -
Gerald
Seiten 146 - 149 -
Mukyala Nakakande
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7. Agriculture in the urban fringe: The ambivalent role of wetlands
Wetland agriculture and mosquitoes
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Malaria and Agriculture
Seiten 157 - 160 -
Wetlands as economic resource
Seiten 160 - 162 -
Wetland mining
Seiten 163 - 165 -
Fisheries
Seiten 165 - 166 -
Malaria and agriculture: local perceptions
Seiten 167 - 168 -
Malaria campaigns and wetland agriculture
Seiten 169 - 170 -
Wetlands as a last resort
Seiten 170 - 178 -
The ambivalent character of wetlands
Seiten 178 - 180 -
8. Conclusion
Introduction
Seiten 181 - 186 -
Outlook
Seiten 186 - 190 -
References
Seiten 191 - 212
17 September 2020, 212 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8394-5053-6
File size: 4.95 MB
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