SA-161 Anthropology of Health

SA-161 Anthropology of Health

COURSE INFORMATION

This course is an introduction to the Anthropology of Health, to the basic concepts and methods used. Through classical and recent anthropological studies, and drawing both from the international and the Greek ethnographic scene students become acquainted with current trends as well as with the history of this field. How do people understand and conceptualize health, disease and wellbeing; what symbolic systems and systems of belief are enacted in the context of ill health; where do they look for therapies and explanations and what kinds of therapies and explanations; what institutions are key.

PART I – Anthropology of Health – Introductory

  1. Introduction to the course.
  2. The first anthropological works.
  3. Looking into disease causation, explanatory models and narratives, the experience of illness
  4. Medical systems, medical pluralism and local biology.

PART II – The anthropological study of biomedicine

  1. Medicine as culture & medicalization
  2. New medical technologies & biomedicalization
  3. The production of biomedical subjectivities and the biomedical surveillance of bodies and populations.

PART III – Current fields of study

  1. Responsibility and care in Health
  2. Structural violence and health inequalities
  3. Populations on the move and health
  4. Gender, sexuality and health
  5. Anthropology of global health
  6. Medical humanitarianism and applied medical anthropology

School:

Social Sciences

Academic Unit:

Social Anthropology and History

Level of studies:

Undergraduate

Course code:

SA-161

Semester:

Independent teaching activities

Lectures:

Weekly teaching hours

3

Credits

5

Course type:

Prerequisite courses:

None

Language of instruction and examinations:

Greek

Teacher:

Is the course offered to erasmus students:

No

Course website (URL):

ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΕΣ και ΜΑΘΗΣΙΑΚΕΣ ΜΕΘΟΔΟΙ – ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗ

Τρόπος Παράδοσης:

Πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο

Χρήση Τεχνολογιών, Πληροφορίας & Επικοινωνιών:

Παρουσιάσεις σε Power Point, προβολή σύντομων βίντεο μέσω διαδικτύου, επικοινωνία μέσω eclass

Οργάνωση Διδασκαλίας: 

Δραστηριότητα Φόρτος Εργασίας Εξαμήνου
Σύνολο Μαθήματος 140
Διαλέξεις 40
Ασκήσεις στην τάξη 15
Εκπαιδευτική εκδρομή 10
Αυτόνομη μελέτη στην διάρκεια του εξαμήνου 45
Μελέτη προετοιμασίας για τις εξετάσεις 30

Αξιολόγηση Φοιτητών:

Η αξιολόγηση των φοιτητών/ριών γίνεται μέσω εξετάσεων με ερωτήσεις ανάπτυξης και αποκλειστικά στην ελληνική γλώσσα. Τα κριτήρια είναι προσβάσιμα για τους φοιτητές/ριες στην ηλεκτρονική πλατφόρμα του μαθήματος (e-class).