Linda Maria Ratschiller Nasim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3453764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Maria Ratschiller Nasim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda Maria Ratschiller |
| FAMILY NAME | Nasim |
| SIGNATURE | NASIM L M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Fribourg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Subverting Purity
This chapter shows that the beginning of the Basel medical mission in West Africa in 1885 marked a turning point, changing knowledge of hygiene in a number of ways and exposing the fragility and inconsistencies within the missionary project. The arrival of scientifically trained mission doctors led to a campaign to devalue African medicine, practitioners and bodily knowledge, which transformed the existing relationship between the Basel missionar…
The Colonial Space of Knowledge
The increasing expansion and intensity of European imperialism overseas produced new knowledge on purity, health and cleanliness, which affected the development of hygiene. This chapter begins by exploring the Basel Mission’s activities on the Gold Coast since 1828 and in Cameroon since 1885, which included far-reaching economic, social and medical policies. The involvement of the Basel Mission in delivering health care to the population in West …
Materialising Hygiene
This chapter shows that hygiene had profound practical and material consequences for people in both West Africa and Europe. Hygiene was more than a metaphor used to encode religious virtues, scientific imperatives, cultural values, social interactions and colonial anxieties. It was a practice that materialised itself in and on individual bodies, and crucially depended on material aids such as drugs, medical equipment, sanitary articles and specif…
The Religious Space of Knowledge
This chapter examines the ideological and social context in which the Basel Mission emerged and scrutinises the changing meaning of Pietist purity over the nineteenth century. The Basel Mission drew upon the support of wealthy and powerful patrician families from Basel and far-flung Pietist networks across Europe and beyond. However, it swiftly transformed into a grassroots movement, funded by small donations from a large number of people in urba…
Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914
This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries
Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914
This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries
Subverting Purity
This chapter shows that the beginning of the Basel medical mission in West Africa in 1885 marked a turning point, changing knowledge of hygiene in a number of ways and exposing the fragility and inconsistencies within the missionary project. The arrival of scientifically trained mission doctors led to a campaign to devalue African medicine, practitioners and bodily knowledge, which transformed the existing relationship between the Basel missionar…
The Colonial Space of Knowledge
The increasing expansion and intensity of European imperialism overseas produced new knowledge on purity, health and cleanliness, which affected the development of hygiene. This chapter begins by exploring the Basel Mission’s activities on the Gold Coast since 1828 and in Cameroon since 1885, which included far-reaching economic, social and medical policies. The involvement of the Basel Mission in delivering health care to the population in West …
Materialising Hygiene
This chapter shows that hygiene had profound practical and material consequences for people in both West Africa and Europe. Hygiene was more than a metaphor used to encode religious virtues, scientific imperatives, cultural values, social interactions and colonial anxieties. It was a practice that materialised itself in and on individual bodies, and crucially depended on material aids such as drugs, medical equipment, sanitary articles and specif…
The Religious Space of Knowledge
This chapter examines the ideological and social context in which the Basel Mission emerged and scrutinises the changing meaning of Pietist purity over the nineteenth century. The Basel Mission drew upon the support of wealthy and powerful patrician families from Basel and far-flung Pietist networks across Europe and beyond. However, it swiftly transformed into a grassroots movement, funded by small donations from a large number of people in urba…
Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914
This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries
History (5 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)