Technologies of care and the engineering imaginary: Two approaches to assistive device design for the Global South.

Assistive devices serve as vectors for the ideals, judgments, and goals that their society of origin has towards people with disabilities. For some Ugandan inventors and prosthetists, familiarity with sociocultural norms and consistent feedback allow them to design prosthetic limbs as technologies o...

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Publicado en:	Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 40 - 54
Autor principal:	Sigounas, Vaia Y.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Mar2024
Materias:	Uganda United States Assistive technology Developing countries Prosthetics Engineering Engineering drawings Assistive listening systems
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