Interrogating Development: The Mobilisation of Science, Technologies, and Technical Assistance in Postwar Mexico

Gisela Mateos (PhD Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona 2001) is Full Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her main research interests are the history of 20th-century physics and scientific and technological development projects in Mexico and Latin America during the Cold War. Her focus is on how technical assistance programs have changed scientific and medical practices in the so-called Third World.

Edna Suárez-Díaz (PhD National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, 1996) is Full Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Between 2005 and 2008 she was Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany. Her research has focused on the history and historical epistemology of twentieth century life sciences. Currently, her work focuses on technical assistance related to biomedical and health practices.