Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius
This article presents an integrated approach used in archaeology and heritage studies to examine health and disease management during the colonial period in the Indian Ocean. Long-distance labor migrations had dire health consequences to both immigrants and host populations. Focusing on the quaranti...
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| author | Alessandra Cianciosi Saša Čaval Diego Calaon Krish Seetah |
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| description | This article presents an integrated approach used in archaeology and heritage studies to examine health and disease management during the colonial period in the Indian Ocean. Long-distance labor migrations had dire health consequences to both immigrants and host populations. Focusing on the quarantine station on Flat Island, Mauritius, this study analyzes a historical social setting and natural environment that were radically altered due to the implementation of health management. Using aerial and satellite imagery, digital elevation models, RTK and total station raw data, 3D modeling, and GIS mapping, we reconstructed the spatial organization and the built landscape of this institution to assess the gap between the benefits claimed by European colonizers and the actual effects on immigrant health conditions through the promotion of public health practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f61819f9d5294a0aa49a021166a496dc2023-11-30T21:51:16ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922022-04-01148189110.3390/rs14081891Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, MauritiusAlessandra Cianciosi0Saša Čaval1Diego Calaon2Krish Seetah3Amsterdam School of Historical Studies, University of Amsterdam, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USADepartment of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 30123 Venice, ItalyDepartment of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USAThis article presents an integrated approach used in archaeology and heritage studies to examine health and disease management during the colonial period in the Indian Ocean. Long-distance labor migrations had dire health consequences to both immigrants and host populations. Focusing on the quarantine station on Flat Island, Mauritius, this study analyzes a historical social setting and natural environment that were radically altered due to the implementation of health management. Using aerial and satellite imagery, digital elevation models, RTK and total station raw data, 3D modeling, and GIS mapping, we reconstructed the spatial organization and the built landscape of this institution to assess the gap between the benefits claimed by European colonizers and the actual effects on immigrant health conditions through the promotion of public health practices.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/8/1891disease managementquarantinehistorical archaeologycolonial periodmedical historyIndian Ocean world |
| spellingShingle | Alessandra Cianciosi Saša Čaval Diego Calaon Krish Seetah Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius Remote Sensing disease management quarantine historical archaeology colonial period medical history Indian Ocean world |
| title | Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius |
| title_full | Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius |
| title_fullStr | Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius |
| title_short | Integrated Remote Sensing to Assess Disease Control: Evidence from Flat Island Quarantine Station, Mauritius |
| title_sort | integrated remote sensing to assess disease control evidence from flat island quarantine station mauritius |
| topic | disease management quarantine historical archaeology colonial period medical history Indian Ocean world |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/8/1891 |
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