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UNINA9910524887803321 |
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Autore |
Mavhunga Clapperton Chakanetsa <1972-> |
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Titolo |
The mobile workshop : the tsetse fly and African knowledge production / / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2018 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-34586-2 |
0-262-34585-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (432 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tsetse-flies - Control - Social aspects - Zimbabwe |
Tsetse-flies - Control - Zimbabwe - History |
Tsetse-flies - Ecology |
Traditional ecological knowledge - Zimbabwe |
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Zimbabwe |
Knowledge management - Zimbabwe |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2018. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface: Before we begin: introducing mhesvi and ruzivo rwemhesvi -- How vanhu managed tsetse -- Translation into science and policy -- Knowing a fly -- How to trap a fly -- Attacking fly from within: parasitization and sterilization -- Exposing the fly to its enemies -- Cordon sanitaire: prophylactic settlement -- Traffic control: a surveillance system for unwanted passengers -- Starving the fly -- The coming of the organochlorine pesticide -- Bombing flies -- The work of ground spraying: incoming machines in vatema's hands -- DDT, pollution, and gomarara: a muted debate -- Chemoprophylactics -- Aftermaths -- A conclusion: Vatema as intellectual agents. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How the presence of the tsetse fly turned the African forest into an open laboratory where African knowledge formed the basis of colonial tsetse control policies. |
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