The Power of Parasites: Malaria as (un)conscious strategy

Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Introduction
	Malaria as Opportunity
	Malaria and Anthropology
	Malaria and Practice
	Malaria Practices in Palawan
	Malaria as (Un)conscious Strategy
	References
2: Practices of Oppression
	Introduction
	Malaria as Protector: Parasites in the Pre-colonial Era
	Malaria as Killer: Parasites During Spanish Rule
	Malaria as Oppressor: Parasites During the American Occupation
	Conclusion
	References
3: Practices of Progress
	Introduction
	Malaria Control, Eradication and Elimination in the Post-colonial Period
	Eliminating Malaria in Bataraza: Practices of Progress
	A ‘Top Priority’
	A ‘Curable’ Disease
	A ‘Knowable’ Disease
	Conclusion
	References
4: Practices of Development
	Introduction
	Sustainably Developing the Last Ecological Frontier
	The Right to Self-determination
	‘A thing of the past’
	Conclusion
	References
5: Practices of Professionalisation
	Introduction
	Bataraza’s Therapeutic Landscape
	Sario, the Balyan
	Nicanor, the Manghihilot
	Elyn, the Barangay Health Worker (BHW)
	Illaine, the Pharmacist
	Conclusion
	References
6: Practices of Equilibrium
	Introduction
	Narcita’s Weakened Body: Restoring Internal Equilibrium and Building Resistance
	Isabelle’s Chronic Fever: The ‘second spear’, Fatalism and Straddling Different Systems to Cool Emotions
	Moving the House of Bernas’ Father: Communal Attempts to Balance the Cosmos
	Conclusion
	References
7: Conclusion
	References
Index