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Global Hlth:People, Inst & Change

Instructor:
Erin Koch [Air-in] [KaWtch]
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Credits:
3.0
001
Building:
Lafferty Hall
Room:
Rm.104
Semester:
Fall 2023
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Global Hlth:People, Inst & Change
Requisites:

Prereq: Permission of instructor.

Class Type:
SEM
2:00 pm
4:30 pm
Days:
M

This course presents anthropological studies of health in an international context, attending to ways in which anthropological study can contribute to identification of issues relevant to health and development. It will have a dual focus. First, it will deprivilege western concepts and explore both indigenous and biomedical accounts of health. Topics may include culturally-defined syndromes, international medicines and health, and illness and body from an international, ethnographic perspective. Second, the course will explore the culture of international health agencies, e.g., WHO, UNICEF, etc.

This course presents anthropological studies of health in an international context, attending to ways in which anthropological study can contribute to identification of issues relevant to health and development. It will have a dual focus. First, it will deprivilege western concepts and explore both indigenous and biomedical accounts of health. Topics may include culturally-defined syndromes, international medicines and health, and illness and body from an international, ethnographic perspective. Second, the course will explore the culture of international health agencies, e.g., WHO, UNICEF, etc.

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