ANTH 302 A: Body and Soul: Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health as Social Justice Praxis

Examines health/sickness patterns as intersecting cultural norms, ideology, social structure, life course, political economy, and environmental conditions unfolding on terrains of inequality mediated by power and representations. Critical analysis of med-anthropology ethnography as practice and theory. Surveys the field across ranging global contexts. Students build frameworks for solving urgent human problems.