Cult Understandings of Health & Healing (829L6)
Medical Anthropology: Cultural Understandings of Health and Healing
Module 829L6
Module details for 2021/22.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
Medical knowledge, related practices and health-seeking are shaped by the social, political and cultural contexts in which they occur. This course draws upon theories, concepts, and approaches in medical anthropology to interrogate the concept of 'health' in its diverse formulations. The course considers how people integrate different types of medicine in their everyday lives. It examines health-seeking in different medical traditions. The body is used as an alternative framework for understanding medical pluralism, and the connections between experience, efficacy, and knowledge.
Module learning outcomes
Systematic understanding of theoretical concepts in medical anthropology as applied to the body and health seeking
Critical appreciation of the role of culture in shaping diverse medical traditions, especially as applied to the understanding of social and technological transformation in the postcolonial world
Reflexive understanding and deployment of cultural categories in relation to health and medicine
Use a full range of information sources and through a high level of conceptual understanding critically evaluate the information obtained
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (5000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 2 Thu 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 3 hours | 11111111111 |
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