Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Medical Anthropology (SCAN11014)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Social Anthropology |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course offers students an introduction to the key concepts in medical anthropology. Medical anthropology studies health, illness, and healing in different cultural contexts. One of anthropology&©s most rapidly growing sub-disciplines, medical anthropology explores both traditional healing and modern medical technologies. This course introduces the students to the key issues in medical anthropology and gets them engaged with the field's distinctive perspective on health and healing. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course, students will have a critical understanding of the core concepts in medical anthropology and be able to apply them to a range of ethnographic case studies. They will understand founding debates about the difference between $ùdisease&© and $ùillness&©, and be able to link this to epistemological claims about rationality and belief in medically plural societies. They will be able to question taken-for-granted concepts about the body and describe the difference between the body as the object of medical knowledge and the body as subject of lived experience. Finally, they will learn to use concepts such as $ùgovernmentality&© and $ùbiological citizenship&© to think about how the body has been theorised both as a conduit for power and a basis through which claims to welfare and other rights can be made. |
Assessment Information
| Essay of 2,000 words. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Rebecca Marsland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3864
Email: r.marsland@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Madina Howard
Tel:
Email: Madina.Howard@ed.ac.uk |
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