STS 2468
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STS 2468
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.
Medicine has become the language and practice through which we address a broad range of both individual and societal complaints. Interest in this "medicalization of life" may be one of the reasons that medical anthropology is currently the fastest-growing subfield in anthropology. This course encourages students to examine concepts of disease, suffering, health, and well-being in their immediate experience and beyond. In the process, students will gain a working knowledge of ecological, critical, phenomenological, and applied approaches used by medical anthropologists. We will investigate what is involved in becoming a doctor, the sociality of medicines, controversies over new medical technologies, and the politics of medical knowledge. The universality of biomedicine (or hospital medicine) will not be taken for granted, but rather we will examine the plurality generated by the various political, economic, social, and ethical demands under which biomedicine has developed in different places and at different times. In addition, biomedical healing and expertise will be viewed in relation to other kinds of healing and expertise. Our readings will address medicine in North America as well as other parts of the world. In class, our discussions will return regularly to consider the broad diversity of kinds of medicine throughout the world, as well as the specific historical and local contexts of biomedicine.
When Offered Spring.
Distribution Category (CA-AS)
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468, FGSS 2468
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
Instructors
Langwick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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- R Uris Hall 302
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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- R Uris Hall 369
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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- R Morrill Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall 185
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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- F Uris Hall G24
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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- F Morrill Hall 111
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
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Staff
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Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
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