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Chronic nation: the politics of experts, health and making modern Indian citizens (1940–70s)

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Kavita Sivaramakrishnan’s talk will trace debates about chronic diseases and questions of modernization in post-colonial India. She will explore the politics of experts and expertise, and how questions of immunity, the risks of stress and adaptability to modernization became significant, and new medical specializations and knowledge emerged and were recast in India in the context of work, lifestyles, and local metabolisms.

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