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Commonplaces

Itemizing the technological present

Cabinet

Introduction: The Cabinet

by Tomas Matza and Harris Solomon
Gut2

Gut

by Ed Cohen
Waiting room2

Waiting Room

by Miriam Ticktin
Vitamin2

Vitamin

by Diane Nelson
Headache2

Headache

by Jocelyn Chua
Nuclear2

Nuclear

by Gabrielle Hecht
Side effect

Side Effect

by Joseph Masco
Scan

Scan

by Barry Saunders
neon eeg

EEG

by John Modern
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Reflex

by Eugene Raikhel
Thin_Line_of_Earth's_Atmosphere_and_the_Setting_Sun

Life Support

by Zoë Wool and Nick Dupree
5165357858_faf04ca22a_b

Human

by Peter Redfield
Anglers_loop_how_to

Manual

by Jonathan Metzl
Hydrocephalus_Sabuncuoğlu

Cut

by Eric Plemons
4503403860_c5abe40448_b

Brain

by Nima Bassiri
3293844717_94a5b63bef_b

Table

by Emily Martin
Milkshake_toppings_-_M&Ms_and_crushed_almonds

Petri Dish

by Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
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Bleach

by Alex Nading
Anesthesia

Anesthesia

by Todd Meyers
heart

Heart

by Ian Whitmarsh
yates-doerr_denim

Scale

by Emily Yates-Doerr
spray

Spray

by Vanessa Agard-Jones
oilvinegar_tolerance_anderson

Tolerance

by Warwick Anderson
Lacy Script

Script

by Mara Buchbinder and Dragana Lassiter

Commonplaces

Curated by Tomas Matza and Harris Solomon

Sites

Introduction: The Cabinet
Gut
Waiting Room
Vitamin
Headache
Nuclear
Side Effect
Scan
EEG
Reflex
Life Support
Human
Manual
Cut
Brain
Table
Petri Dish
Bleach
Anesthesia
Heart
Scale
Spray
Tolerance
Script

Contributors

Vanessa Agard-Jones
Warwick Anderson
Nima Bassiri
Mara Buchbinder
Jocelyn Chua
Ed Cohen
Nick Dupree
Gabrielle Hecht
Dragana Lassiter
Emily Martin
Joseph Masco
Tomas Matza
Jonathan Metzl
Todd Meyers
John Modern
Alex Nading
Diane Nelson
Eric Plemons
Eugene Raikhel
Peter Redfield
Elizabeth F.S. Roberts
Barry Saunders
Harris Solomon
Miriam Ticktin
Ian Whitmarsh
Emily Yates-Doerr
Zoë Wool

Developed in collaboration with the Science, Technology, and Medicine Interest Group of the Society for Medical Anthropology
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
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