Daten zum Projekt
Initiative: | Globale Herausforderungen |
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Ausschreibung: | Mobility - Global Medicine and Health Research |
Bewilligung: | 14.10.2020 |
Laufzeit: | 9 Monate |
Projektinformationen
This project establishes an interdisciplinary research consortium to study the entangled mobilities of humans and Aedes mosquitoes in India, Mexico, Tanzania and Germany. The project examines mosquito dispersal in relation to human movement both in terms of long-distance (tire trade, boat and plane transportation) and short-distance (from local buses to watering cans) mobility. It systematically analyses how the mobility of people and things (migrants, tourists, objects of travel and trade) is interlinked with the mobility of Aedes and the spread of associated arboviral diseases. The applicants study (i) which mosquitoes move where and how, including their larvae, and long-term egg survival, (ii) if and how mosquitoes hitch rides on human infrastructure, and (iii) the socio-economic mobility patterns of humans and how these might contribute to mosquito dispersal. This "multispecies approach" will generate mobility maps of humans and mosquito species that can be overlayed and analysed for their entanglements. The invasive mosquito species Aedes, vector for a variety of arboviral diseases, is a paradigmatic case of how human and nonhuman mobility converge in contemporary societies. Understanding their entangled movement is of utmost importance for developing successful vector control strategies.
Projektbeteiligte
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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Beisel
Universität Bayreuth
Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Facheinheit Ethnologie
Bayreuth
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Dr. Carsten Wergin
Universität Heidelberg
Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies
Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS)
Anthropology
Heidelberg
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Dr. Fredros Okumu
Ifakara Health Research and Development
Centre (IHRDC)
Institute of Science and Technology
Dar es Salaam
Tansania (Tanzania)
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Prof. Dr. Gerardo Suzán, Ph.D.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
School of Veterinary Medicine (FMVZ)
Mexico City
Mexiko
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Dr. Ashwani Kumar
Indian Council of Medical Research
Vector Control Research Centre
New Delhi
Indien