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Poslední úprava: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (20.12.2022)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jaroslav Klepal, Ph.D. (21.01.2023)
To examine and compare ways in which anthropologists from different theoretical and epistemological perspectives approach issues of body, health, and illness. To introduce anthropological perspectives which emphasise the cultural, historical, political, economic, and social contexts in which body, health, and illness are produced, understood and responded to. To encourage students to develop in-depth knowledge of key debates and topics in medical anthropology. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jaroslav Klepal, Ph.D. (21.01.2023)
The main teaching methods of this course will be lectures and discussions. During the course we will listen to several lectures by invited guests and watch several documentaries. Within the discussion part, students will present readings and questions. There will be one or two presentations at every class session, depending on a number of students enrolled. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jaroslav Klepal, Ph.D. (21.01.2023)
1) Medical anthropology: Keywords, key distinctions, and historical trajectories 2) Research and methods in medical anthropology 3) Body and embodiment 4) Ethnomedicine 5) Medical pluralism 6) (Bio)medicalization 7) Gender, birth and reproduction 8) Dis/ability 9) Anthropology and/of psychiatry 10) Complementary and alternative medicine 11) Biomedical technologies A detailed syllabus will be distributed at the beginning of the semester. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jaroslav Klepal, Ph.D. (31.01.2023)
1) attendance and active participation (10%) 2) reading responses (30%) 3) final paper (aprox. lenght 2000 words) (60%) |