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The ubiquity of 'self-care' in health: Why specificity matters by Ferguson, Laura, Anderson, Michelle E, Satchi, Krishni, Capron, Alexander M, Kaplan, Charles D, Redfield, Peter, Gruskin, Sofia

“…Despite increased interest in self-care for health, little consensus exists around its definition and scope. The World Health Organization has published…”
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Fluid technologies: The Bush Pump, the LifeStraw ® and microworlds of humanitarian design by Redfield, Peter

“…Over the past decade, many ingenious, small-scale gadgets have appeared in response to problems of disaster and extreme poverty. Focusing on the LifeStraw®, a…”
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On the humanitarian horizon by Redfield, Peter

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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF EX-PATS: Double Binds of Humanitarian Mobility by REDFIELD, PETER

“…This article addresses legacies of national origin within global forms. Focusing on tensions related to human resources, I consider the case of the…”
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Shacktopia: The Meantime Future of Humanitarian Design by Redfield, Peter

“…English Abstract: How modest can a utopia be? I approach this question with reference to the iShack, a solar electrification project in South Africa designed…”
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Commentary on “Explosiveness”: A sudden longue durée by Redfield, Peter

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Maroons in Guyane: Past, Present, Future , by Richard Price & Sally Price by Redfield, Peter

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Doctors, Borders, and Life in Crisis by Redfield, Peter

“…The politics of life and death is explored from the perspective of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins sans frontières [MSF]), an activist nongovernmental…”
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Locating Guyane, by Catriona MacLeod & Sarah Wood (eds.) by Redfield, Peter

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The open question by Grant, Jenna, Yates-Doerr, Emily, Kowal, Emma, Meyers, Todd, Raikhel, Eugene, Redfield, Peter, Abramowitz, Sharon, Andersen, Barbara, Moyer, Eileen

“…The open question: Medical anthropology and open access…”
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Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana by Redfield, Peter

“…Rockets roar into space--bearing roughly half the world's commercial satellites--from the same South American coastal rainforest where convicts once did time…”
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Clinic in Crisis Response: Imagined Immunities by Redfield, Peter

“…In blog posts following the attack on the Mdecins sans Frontires (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, historians Bertrand Taithe and Eleanor Davey offer…”
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A Less Modest Witness: Collective Advocacy and Motivated Truth in a Medical Humanitarian Movement by Redfield, Peter

“…In this article, I examine the evolving tradition of témoignage (witnessing) maintained by the international humanitarian organization Médecins Sans…”
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An index of waste: humanitarian design, "dignified living" and the politics of infrastructure in Cape Town by Redfield, Peter, Robins, Steven

“…This article develops a framework for thinking about waste as an index that signals a relational position within contested, historically layered conceptions of…”
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Commentary: Eyes wide shut in transnational science and aid by REDFIELD, PETER

“…Responding to the problem of unknowing in the contemporary pursuit of knowledge, my commentary on Wenzel Geissler's article extends its themes to a parallel,…”
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When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health ed. by João Biehl and Adriana Petryna (review) by Redfield, Peter

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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF EX-PATS: Double Binds of Humanitarian Mobility: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF EX-PATS by REDFIELD, PETER

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Miranda Frances SpielerEmpire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011. x + 284 pp. (Cloth US$49.95) by Redfield, Peter

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Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba are Changing the World's Conception of Health Care. Steve Brouwer. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2011. 256 pp. (Paper US$ 18.95) by Redfield, Peter

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The Half-Life of Empire in Outer Space by Redfield, Peter

“…This paper addresses an intersection between postcolonial studies and science studies, examining the greater colonial context of space exploration. In response…”
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