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ANTH-420 Medical Anthropology
Spring only
Professor Elzbieta M. Gozdziak
T 9:15 am – 11:05 am
ICC 102
This course uses different forms of social suffering as an entry point to the study of medical anthropology. Drawing on a variety of genres, but with a focus on ethnography, we will analyze armed conflict, war, genocide, political and structural violence, human trafficking, and terminal illness as examples of social suffering. We will debate current issues in medical anthropology, including the social and political roots of disease and illness; the local intersection of the individual body, the community, and the state; survivor and patient narratives of pain, loss, and trauma, and the ways that various public policies and interventions aimed at alleviating suffering can actually exacerbate it. We will also review the ethical and practical responsibilities of anthropologists and other social scientists as well as practitioners engaged in understanding and responding to different forms of human suffering.
The format of the course will include lectures, classroom discussions, and individual and group assignments. The course should be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology, sociology, psychology, nursing, public policy, Foreign Service, and law interested in forced migration, humanitarian relief, development, and human rights. This class is not a survey of medical anthropology; rather it uses medical anthropology frameworks to discuss social suffering of individuals, groups and communities.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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