ANTH 303 A: Technologies of Health

Winter 2025
Meeting:
MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm / SAV 264
SLN:
10322
Section Type:
Lecture
COUNTS TOWARD MAGH
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

How do technologies bring forward new forms of social and political life? How do history, cosmology, and economy configure the use of biotechnologies? We will explore questions such as these that animate recent work in medical anthropology and science and technology studies. Topics that we will consider include infrastructure and “datafication”; design and globalization of technologies; the ethics of new technologies, including genetic testing and artificial intelligence; and technologies involved in asthma care.

The course consists of lecture, discussion, and in-class problem work. Active participation in each class session is a requirement of this course. The ability to participate in discussions is an important skill and vital to the creation of academic communities. We will cultivate critical and creative thinking about medical technologies through regular reading response posts of images and text on Canvas; workshopping abstracts for the final paper; and collaborative work in-class.

Catalog Description:
Ethnographic, historical, and philosophical approaches to the study of technologies in biomedical sciences and care. Topics include infrastructures, colonialism development, reproduction, race, gender, disability, subjectivities, visualization, and diagnosis. Prerequisite: ANTH 208, ANTH 215, or ANTH 302. Offered: AWSp.
Department Requirements Met:
Medical Anthropology & Global Health Option
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
December 22, 2024 - 9:43 pm