Annemarie Mol is a Dutch ethnographer and philosopher, born on 13 September 1958, who is Professor of Anthropology of the Body at the University of Amsterdam. Her early work explored the performativity of health care practices, arguing that medical realities are generated within particular practices and that, because practices differ from one another, the realities they generate differ too. She expressed this through the idea that the body is multiple, more than one but also less than many, since the different versions of a body produced across different health care practices still overlap, and she developed the related concept of ontological politics, the argument that because realities vary across practices they are not simply given but can be contested and changed.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountSchaesberg, Netherlands 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountDeveloped the concept that the body is multiple in medical practice, and the notion of ontological politics in science and technology studies 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (2002) 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, nationality there.
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Annemarie Mol (born 13 September 1958) is a Dutch ethnographer and philosopher.
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birth_place = Schaesberg, Netherlands
Body multiple discussion
The body, as she expressed it, is multiple: it is more than one but it is also less than many (since the different versions of the body also overlap in health care practices).
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Annemarie Mol (born 13 September 1958) is a Dutch ethnographer and philosopher. She is the Professor of Anthropology of the Body at the University of Amsterdam.
Body multiple discussion, ontology clause
The body, as she expressed it, is multiple: it is more than one but it is also less than many (since the different versions of the body also overlap in health care practices).
Body multiple discussion, performativity clause
In her earlier work she explored the performativity of health care practices, argued that realities are generated within those practices, and noted that since practices differ, so too do realities.
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