eprintid: 10054374
rev_number: 16
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2018-08-13 16:28:50
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Iskander, D
title: Taking rumours seriously: Why organ thieves matter to malaria control
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F22
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: This article documents what happened when a group of researchers tried to gain consent to carry out a survey for a malaria‐related research project in the Sabah region of Malaysia at the end of 2015. Within weeks, rumours had begun to spread on social media that the team were fake and using the guise of a research project to steal organs. The refusal to participate is often considered only relevant to researchers in so far as it has implications for the project itself. However, non‐participation in research is a valuable area of inquiry in its own right, precisely because of what it reveals about what lies beyond the research project. Rumours that contribute to non‐participation are indicative of the murky space of social relationships and connections that surround health. In fact, as is illustrated in this case study, rumours do not just reveal or represent this interconnected world, they also incite affect. It is within this space that bodies are put at risk of a number of health issues ranging from malaria to organ theft and it is thus here where researchers should focus more attention.
date: 2017-08
date_type: published
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
official_url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8322.12360
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1574240
doi: 10.1111/1467-8322.12360
lyricists_name: Iskander, Dalia
lyricists_id: DMISK68
actors_name: Allington-Smith, Dominic
actors_id: DAALL44
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Anthropology Today
volume: 33
number: 4
pagerange: 9-12
issn: 0268-540X
citation:        Iskander, D;      (2017)    Taking rumours seriously: Why organ thieves matter to malaria control.                   Anthropology Today , 33  (4)   pp. 9-12.    10.1111/1467-8322.12360 <https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12360>.       Green open access   
 
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