Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact: The Example of Locally Produced Polio Vaccine in Serbia
Апстракт
The paper argues that vaccines could be viewed as artifacts which
communicate various social messages and are used as instruments for fulfilling
different sociopolitical goals besides meeting public health needs. It further
suggests that such social, cultural and political influences may have real effects on
the choices of vaccine technologies or vaccine production, and aims to demonstrate
their importance in the area which is normally seen as the domain of objective
science. This is demonstrated by using the example of the locally produced oral
polio vaccine (OPV) in Serbia during the socialist and post-socialist periods in the
country’s history.
Кључне речи:
polio vaccine / artefact / vaccine production / vaccine technologies / socio-cultural influencesИзвор:
Comparative Southeast European Studies, 03-2024, 72, 1, 13-32Издавач:
- De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Републике Србије, институционално финансирање - 200173 (Етнографски институт САНУ, Београд) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200173)
Институција/група
Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Trifunović, Vesna PY - 2024-03 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/soeu/72/1/html UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/16458 AB - The paper argues that vaccines could be viewed as artifacts which communicate various social messages and are used as instruments for fulfilling different sociopolitical goals besides meeting public health needs. It further suggests that such social, cultural and political influences may have real effects on the choices of vaccine technologies or vaccine production, and aims to demonstrate their importance in the area which is normally seen as the domain of objective science. This is demonstrated by using the example of the locally produced oral polio vaccine (OPV) in Serbia during the socialist and post-socialist periods in the country’s history. PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg T2 - Comparative Southeast European Studies T1 - Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact: The Example of Locally Produced Polio Vaccine in Serbia SP - 13 EP - 32 VL - 72 IS - 1 DO - 10.1515/soeu-2023-0018 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_16458 ER -
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Trifunović, V.. (2024-03). Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact: The Example of Locally Produced Polio Vaccine in Serbia. in Comparative Southeast European Studies De Gruyter Oldenbourg., 72(1), 13-32. https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2023-0018 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_16458
Trifunović V. Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact: The Example of Locally Produced Polio Vaccine in Serbia. in Comparative Southeast European Studies. 2024;72(1):13-32. doi:10.1515/soeu-2023-0018 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_16458 .
Trifunović, Vesna, "Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact: The Example of Locally Produced Polio Vaccine in Serbia" in Comparative Southeast European Studies, 72, no. 1 (2024-03):13-32, https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2023-0018 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_16458 .
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