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DESCRIPTION:The Indian state relates to the category of disability—and mate
 rializes itself--through the distribution\, often at camps\, of aids and a
 ppliances such as hearing aids\, canes\, and wheelchairs that are ‘make in
  India\,’ as examples. In 2014\, the state began providing cochlear implan
 ts to children living below the poverty line. This cochlear implant progra
 m reveals new directions in which the state engages with disability and in
 troduces novel assemblages of welfare\, medicine\, rehabilitation\, and mu
 ltinational capital. In these assemblages\, new relationships form between
  the state\, multinational corporations\, and&nbsp\; families with deaf ch
 ildren. These relationships stretch beyond the one-time disability camp or
  the one-off surgery and have resulted in opportunities for government adm
 inistrators\, surgeons\, and rehabilitation professionals to reinvent them
 selves in relation to the seemingly miraculous power of cochlear implants 
 while also producing complex dependencies for families with deaf children.
  Families are required to interact with\, and depend on\, multinational co
 rporations to maintain the cochlear implants.Michele Friedner is an associ
 ate professor in the department of comparative human development at the Un
 iversity of Chicago. She is a medical anthropologist and conducts research
  on deafness and disability in India.
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Camp and the Surgery: Cochlear Implants and Complex Depe
 ndencies in India
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Indian state relates to the category of
  disability—and materializes itself--through the distribution\, often at c
 amps\, of aids and appliances such as hearing aids\, canes\, and wheelchai
 rs that are ‘make in India\,’ as examples. In 2014\, the state began provi
 ding cochlear implants to children living below the poverty line. This coc
 hlear implant program reveals new directions in which the state engages wi
 th disability and introduces novel assemblages of welfare\, medicine\, reh
 abilitation\, and multinational capital. In these assemblages\, new relati
 onships form between the state\, multinational corporations\, and&nbsp\; f
 amilies with deaf children. These relationships stretch beyond the one-tim
 e disability camp or the one-off surgery and have resulted in opportunitie
 s for government administrators\, surgeons\, and rehabilitation profession
 als to reinvent themselves in relation to the seemingly miraculous power o
 f cochlear implants while also producing complex dependencies for families
  with deaf children. Families are required to interact with\, and depend o
 n\, multinational corporations to maintain the cochlear implants.<br><br><
 /p><p><strong>Michele Friedner</strong> is an associate professor in the d
 epartment of comparative human development at the University of Chicago. S
 he is a medical anthropologist and conducts research on deafness and disab
 ility in India.</p>
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