The miracle workers
Obstacles and opportunities for restoring sight to children in KwaZulu-Natal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2186728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Levine (0000-0001-5990-7182, University of Cape Town, corresponding author), Susan Levine (0000-0003-1256-4703), Lene Øverland, Prasidh Ramson (0000-0002-9078-3445) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 81-93 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-3264 • E-ISSN: 2332-3256 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23323256.2014.940193 |
| OpenAlex | W2098971373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The case studies presented in this paper reflect on the experiences of parents and the caregivers of children from the province of KwaZulu-Natal who overcame multiple obstacles to prevent childhood blindness due to cataract. Borrowing Sarah Franklin's metaphor of an "obstacle course," the paper plots the challenges facing ordinary people as they navigate processes of diagnosis, care and treatment for children with cataract. The research, originally spearheaded by Orbis Africa, an NGO dedicated to restoring sight in children, signals a critical shift in collaborative forms of knowledge production whereby the consultant anthropologist was not merely an add-on to a development project, but acknowledged for her unanticipated and often ambiguous research findings
Blindness · Metaphor · Miracle · Obstacle · Political science · Sight · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Children's Rights and Participation · Law · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Optometry
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |