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SUMMARY:Cloning the Empire: The Persistence of Colonial Science in Postcolonial Contexts
LOCATION:Classroom NT-159
DESCRIPTION:This panel investigates the afterlife of colonial science acros
 s diverse forms and national contexts: from the deployment of Agent Orange 
 not only as a military strategy but also as a mechanism in the ongoing cons
 truction of U.S. imperial power; the involvement of Dutch scientists in int
 ernational aid programs addressing Indonesia’s food crisis in the 1950s; to
  the use of physical anthropology and physiological research to define what
  constituted a “normal” Indonesian body from a medical standpoint; and fina
 lly, to medical research on Indigenous communities in Malaysia that continu
 es to carry colonial assumptions. Each case exemplifies both the transforma
 tion and persistence of colonial scientific practices. By “colonial science
 ,” we refer to state-sponsored research and knowledge systems— particularly
  in medicine, agriculture, and anthropology – developed to serve imperial g
 overnance and control. While these practices were originally designed to ad
 vance colonial interests, they were later repurposed in post-independence c
 ontexts to fulfill new political and ideological agendas. For example, phys
 ical and medical anthropology – once used to justify racial hierarchies in 
 the late 19th century – was later mobilized to construct narratives of nati
 onal identity. Similarly, medical research on Indigenous Malaysian communit
 ies continues to reflect developmentalist and civilizational hierarchies. I
 n nutritional research, the dominance of scientific actors and their assump
 tions – often neglecting the socioeconomic dimensions of malnutrition – con
 tinues to shape the field.\nAgent Orange, initially used by the United Stat
 es to destroy forest cover sheltering Vietnamese communist guerrillas, late
 r became a subject of U.S. aid efforts aimed at mitigating its consequences
 . Although the actors in these cases differ – U.S. scientists, Dutch nutrit
 ionists, Indonesian and Malaysian medical professionals – they share a comm
 on thread: the continued use of scientific authority to marginalize others 
 and perpetuate the legacy of colonial domination. By presenting these three
  cases, the panel aims to spark critical dialogue on how colonial science c
 ontinues to shape knowledge production and power relations in postcolonial 
 societies.
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/cloning-the-empire-the-persistence-of-colonial-science-in-postcolonial-contexts
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