Medical Agency and Plural Ontologies

Judith Farquhar (University of Chicago), "Plural Ontologies, Medical Agency: How Chinese Medicine Argues About Being":

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Judith Farquhar is Max Palevsky Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at the University of Chicago. She conducts research on traditional medicine, popular culture, and everyday life in contemporary China. Anthropological areas of interest include medical anthropology; the anthropology of knowledge and of embodiment; critical theory and cultural studies; and theories of reading, writing, and translation.