Accepted Panels

Epidemics have influenced the human civilization in various manner across different time periods. There are several factors which are attributable to the cause and consequences of the epidemics. The objective of the panel is to discuss the impact of the various epidemics on the people across the globe. The various biological and cultural factors which are involved in the cause and the after effect of the epidemic are the matter of concern. Anthropologists have a complicated history with their contribution of the study of epidemics and their control. Enhancement in the anthropological interest in the way epidemics are visualised has led to studies that go beyond the usual illustrative or representational focus on epidemic images. Observed as a process that contributes but also challenges epistemological and political aspects of epidemics, visualisation is thus becoming a new terrain of medical anthropological research. The panel will focus on three thematic threads: the study of zoonotic disease or interspecies transmission of pathogens, the infrastructural and material aspects of epidemics, nutritional factors causing epidemics and counter-epidemic intervention.