From fighting against to becoming with : viruses as companion species
Language
en
Chapitre d'ouvrage
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Hybrid communities : biosocial approaches to domestication and other trans-species relationships. 2018p. 115-126
Routledge
English Abstract
Since the development of microbiology in the second half of the 19th century, as well as the recognition of the role of microbes in infectious diseases, viruses are first and foremost conceived as dangerous and deadly ...Read more >
Since the development of microbiology in the second half of the 19th century, as well as the recognition of the role of microbes in infectious diseases, viruses are first and foremost conceived as dangerous and deadly entities against which we must fight. This chapter is built around three examples of relationships between humans and viruses that the author, taking seriously the proposal made in this book, proposes to rethink using the notion of domestication. In doing so, we are gradually led to think about our relationships with viruses from the perspective of coexistence, opening the way to other ways of thinking about our health policies.Read less <
English Keywords
domestication
viruses
health policies
microbiology
Origin
Hal imported