Lacan Léa
Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Anthropol South Afr. 2024 Aug 8;47(2):133-151. doi: 10.1080/23323256.2024.2339255. eCollection 2024.
This article investigates the problem of the tsetse fly and the trypanosomiasis disease it conveys as a transforming multispecies assemblage in colonial Zambia from the late nineteenth century until 1959. Based on archival research, it analyses the tsetse fly () as a moving target; not only a mobile and elusive insect but also a moving field of knowledge bringing multiple stakeholders into dialogue. It shows that tsetse control and wildlife conservation emerged together in colonial Zambia, in conflicting but also synergising ways, and that the association of large mammals to laid the ground for their classification as killable or preservable species. In the crossed influence of diverse regional colonial expertise, the article finds that the complex multispecies relations between the tsetse fly, the trypanosomes, wildlife, vegetation, humans and cattle, mediated and enacted by colonial experts and others, shaped institutions, policies and landscapes.
本文研究了采采蝇及其传播的锥虫病问题，将其视为19世纪末至1959年殖民时期赞比亚不断变化的多物种组合。基于档案研究，它将采采蝇分析为一个移动的目标；它不仅是一种移动且难以捉摸的昆虫，也是一个知识流动的领域，使多个利益相关者展开对话。研究表明，在殖民时期的赞比亚，采采蝇控制和野生动物保护同时出现，二者既相互冲突又相互促进，而且大型哺乳动物与采采蝇的关联为它们被分类为可捕杀或可保护物种奠定了基础。在不同地区殖民专业知识的交叉影响下，本文发现，采采蝇、锥虫、野生动物、植被、人类和牲畜之间复杂的多物种关系，在殖民专家及其他人员的调解和推动下，塑造了各种机构、政策和景观。
