Ousseni Sawadogo.

Research

Doctoral project in development · Working title

Making resistance governable

An ethnographic study of how microbiological knowledge becomes a basis for action on antimicrobial resistance in Québec.

My doctoral project examines how knowledge about antimicrobial resistance becomes a guide for action. The proposed ethnography follows its circulation across laboratories, surveillance and clinical settings to understand how recommendations and care decisions take shape.

Central question

How does microbiological knowledge become a basis for action on antimicrobial resistance?

Proposed approach

The project proposes a multi-sited ethnography across laboratory, surveillance and clinical settings. It examines the interactions, documents and recommendations through which knowledge circulates and gains practical significance.

Knowledge and decisions

The focus is on the conditions under which scientific information becomes relevant, credible and actionable in care or public health settings.

Research areas and interests

A public health perspective

Health anthropology and public health frame my approach. My doctoral project is its starting point; the following questions describe my research interests.

Knowledge and health decisions

How does scientific knowledge become recommendations and a basis for action?

Institutions, policies and access to care

How do service organisation and social conditions shape practices and health inequalities?

Prevention, trust and participation

How do people interpret recommendations and participate in health decisions?

Area of interest

Digital health

Data and technology use in health

My skills in web programming and data analysis inform my interest in digital health tools: their design, their uses and their role in practices of care.

My interests include the conditions in which these tools are used, their integration into health services, and their implications for trust, access to care and decision-making.

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