Life at a Distance

Medicine and Nationalism in India's Pan-African E-Network

Vincent Duclos

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English

Cornell University Press
15 June 2025

Social & cultural anthropology; Nationalism; Telemedicine; Public health & preventive medicine; Human geography

Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge

In Life at a Distance, Vincent Duclos recounts the story of the Pan-African e-Network. Branded as ""India's gift to the world,"" and as a ""shining example of South-South cooperation,"" the Pan-African e-Network was an exceptionally ambitious project. Between 2009 and 2017 the network used satellite technology to connect hospitals across Africa with hospitals in India, providing medical education and delivering health care for patients at a distance. Duclos shows how, by accelerating the flow of expertise across continents, the network also created connected enclaves, at once commercial, infrastructural, and medical. Life at a Distance is the story of a project that, Duclos suggests, acted as a medium for speculation about the future—about medical markets, the nation, South-South relations, and a new world order beyond Western-centric scripts.

By: Vincent Duclos
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501782060
ISBN 10: 1501782061
Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vincent Duclos is Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His ethnographic research focuses on global capitalism, digital technology, and medicine, and the many ways they are entangled.