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Adia Benton
Researcher at Northwestern University
Publications - 29
Citations - 517
Adia Benton is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sierra leone & Exceptionalism. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 29 publications receiving 398 citations. Previous affiliations of Adia Benton include Brown University & University of Minnesota.
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International Political Economy and the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak
Adia Benton,Kim Yi Dionne +1 more
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HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone
TL;DR: This book discusses HIV Exceptionalism in Sierra Leone, how model citizens, good Governance, and the Nationalization of HIV changed the face of the country, and what the future holds for the profession.
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Temporality and Positive Living in the Age of HIV/AIDS--A Multi-Sited Ethnography.
TL;DR: How HIV-positive individuals have been increasingly encouraged to pursue healthier and more fulfilling lives through a set of moral, physical, and social practices called “positive living” since the advent of antiretroviral therapies is explored.
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Enumeration, Identity, and Health
TL;DR: Focusing on the spatial, temporal, ideological, and affective dimensions of the techniques of enumeration, the authors provide insights into the multiple forms of biopolitical expertise and knowledge that accumulate legitimacy through numerical discourse.
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African expatriates and race in the anthropology of humanitarianism
TL;DR: The authors focus on African expatriates working in African countries in which they are not ‘native’ to re-format critical analyses that have emphasized translational or intermediary roles for African elites.