Hi Anne,
I interviewed a couple of researchers last year who might be of interest.
They have done extensive work on the historical geography of disease
emergence, including cholera.
Professor Matthew Smallman-Raynor
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/contacts/points/teaching.phtml?name=sm
allman-raynor
Professor Andrew Cliff
http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/cliff/
Best wishes,
Mun-Keat
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> Subject: [PSCI-COM] Anyone working on cholera - with a historical slant?
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> Hi All,
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> DEP is thinking of developing activities for primary schools (yrs 5/6)
> around cholera in the 19th century - including the work of John Snow.
> The work would include a computer simulation and activities for sceince,
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> in this field who would like to be involved?
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> Please email me.
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