(Post)colonial Typhoid in Bangalore
‘The third of our three new digital exhibitions, created in collaboration with our partners at St John’s, Bengaluru, explores the history of manual scavenging in India and highlights the continuing challenges faced by its sanitation workers.’
Virtual Exhibition of the Socio-Cultural History of Typhoid Fever in Bangalore
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Exhibitions on Typhoid and Sanitation
in Bengaluru
P. K. Kushal, Gali Anjaneya Temple, Bengaluru; James Ross, Survey of the boundaries of Purgunna of Bangalore; C. S. Sharada Prasad, Manual Sanitation Workers cleaning a cesspit (Images: Major General S.L. Bhatia History of Medicine Museum and the British Library).
In collaboration with St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, the Typhoidland team have developed a series of new exhibitions on Google Arts and Culture. Lifting the Urban Veil: Fevers, Typhoid & Sanitation in Bengaluru contains three digital galleries. In the first, we uncover the faith of Fever Goddesses, predating the discovery of typhoid. The second gallery presents our research findings on typhoid in colonial Bangalore, and how it shaped the city’s development. Finally, we explore the grave conditions of sanitation workers, who protect communities from disease.
Explore these exciting new multimedia exhibitions here: https://artsandculture.google.
