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This course will study historical entanglements of slavery, science, and medicine. On the one hand, it will examine 1) the different ways in which medicine and science supported the institution of slavery; and 2)the sites in which slavery was integral to processes of production, movement and transfer of medical and scientific knowledge and practices. On the other hand, it will consider the voices of enslaved individuals, and accordingly cast light on the epistemic role of enslaved communities in the histories of science, medicine, and technology.
Traditional Land Acknowledgement We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. |