Thursday 18 February 2021

online Event: Dr Dora Vargha (Exeter) in conversation with Dr Sarah Marks (Birkbeck): States of Prevention and the Politics of Vaccines, Birkbeck, University of London, 2 March 2021, 19:00 — 20:30 CET

 

There finally seems to be an endpoint to the epidemic crisis in sight, as multiple vaccines are rolled out with great fanfare across the world. However, despite the powerful imagery of rocket launches and moonshots, achieving a vaccine that is proven to be safe and efficient in the laboratory and in controlled trials is but one point in the extended temporalities of vaccination. Historical analysis helps us to understand vaccines as integrated technologies, at the intersection of trust, politics and materialities and highlights the role of international collaboration and tensions in pandemic management. Through the development of competing polio vaccines in the middle of a geopolitical competition, this talk addresses the relationship between science and politics at the local, national and global level.


The event is free but you need to book so we can send you information on how to join: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event/19330 


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