The gender of the nation: allegoric femininity and women’s status in Bengal and Goa

Abstract

© 2018, Centro em Rede de Investigacao em Antropologia. All rights reserved. Infan-This article interconnects the history of Instituto Materno Infan-til til (IMI) – a component of the emblematic Hospital San Juan de Dios (HSJD) of Colombia – with that of its workers and with our participation through a collaborative ethnography filled by art and activism. IMI is one of the most important public hospitals of the country. It was closed down in 2006 as a result of the implementation of neoliberal reforms to the country’s health care system. The article shows some intersections between art, activism and anthropology.