Medical anthropology

Informacje ogólne

Kod przedmiotu:	05-MAN-11-EtnC
Kod Erasmus / ISCED:	(brak danych) / (brak danych)
Nazwa przedmiotu:	Medical anthropology
Jednostka:	Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej
Grupy:
Punkty ECTS i inne:	(brak) Podstawowe informacje o zasadach przyporządkowania punktów ECTS: roczny wymiar godzinowy nakładu pracy studenta konieczny do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się dla danego etapu studiów wynosi 1500-1800 h, co odpowiada 60 ECTS; tygodniowy wymiar godzinowy nakładu pracy studenta wynosi 45 h; 1 punkt ECTS odpowiada 25-30 godzinom pracy studenta potrzebnej do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się; tygodniowy nakład pracy studenta konieczny do osiągnięcia zakładanych efektów uczenia się pozwala uzyskać 1,5 ECTS; nakład pracy potrzebny do zaliczenia przedmiotu, któremu przypisano 3 ECTS, stanowi 10% semestralnego obciążenia studenta. zobacz reguły punktacji
Język prowadzenia:	język angielski
Rodzaj przedmiotu:	fakultatywne
Kierunek studiów:	Master’s Program in Anthropology. Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes
Poziom przedmiotu:	II stopień
Cele kształcenia:	(tylko po angielsku) Providing knowledge about scope, history and state of the art of medical anthropology. Providing knowledge about the main theoretical and methodological orientations in medical anthropology. Discussing interdisciplinary connections of medical anthropology, its place among other disciplines of social science, humanities and natural science. Introducing terminology and concepts used in medical anthropology, and discussing their value for analysis and interpretation. Developing ability of critical analysis and interpretation of biomedicine and processes of medicalization. Discussing practical applications of medical anthropology. Developing ethical sensitivity essential for studies in medical anthropology.
Informacja o tym, gdzie można zapoznać się z materiałami do zajęć:	(tylko po angielsku) Some materials are available in the University libraries and electronic bases; electronic copies of other texts will be provided to students by the lecturer.
Metody prowadzenia zajęć umożliwiające osiągnięcie założonych EK:	(tylko po angielsku) Lectures and multimedial presentations by the lecturer; discussion with students on literature and presentations. Discussing materials gathered by students in the course of their individual work. Choosing the topics of final essays; the teacher's instructions. Presentations and discussons on the essays.
Nakład pracy studenta (punkty ECTS):	(tylko po angielsku) Contact hours with the teacher as specified in the programme - 30 Independent study 1 – reading (recommended texts) - 45 Independent study 2 – individual search for additional materials - 15 Independent study 3 – essay preparation - 40 Total hours - 130 Total ECTS credits for the module - 5
Skrócony opis:	(tylko po angielsku) This course offers a basic knowledge on medical anthropology as a subdiscipline of socio-cultural anthropology. It addresses the emergence, development and state of the art of this discipline in world anthropology and in Poland, as well as its specificity connected with interdisciplinarity and strong applied research. Students become acquainted with the most important theoretical orientations and concepts developed in medical anthropology, and contemporary research areas. Ethical challenges connected with studying health and illness are discussed.
Pełny opis:	(tylko po angielsku) Learning content: 1. Introductory remarks – presenting the subject, aims of the course, literature, formal requirements. 2. Development of medical anthropology and ethnomedicine in the USA and Europe, state of the art, future prospects. 3. Development of medical anthropology in Poland; current directions of research. 4. Outline of the main orientations, theories and methods in contemporary medical anthropology. 5. Application of different approaches in research; examples from medical anthropology texts 6. Interdisciplinary connections of medical anthropology: examples of medical sociology, history of medicine and cultural epidemiology. 7. Health and illness as the focus of medical anthropology. 8. ‘Culture-bound syndromes’ or ‘folk illnesses’. 9. Anthropological concepts of medical systems, folk medicine, traditional medicine, complementary and alternative medicine. Anthropological approach to biomedicine. 10. Medical pluralism and related concepts in anthropology. Medical pluralism in ‘developing countries’. 11. ‘New medical pluralism’. The role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the West and in Poland 12. Medicalization, biomedicalization, self-medicalization and demedicalization. 13. Some examples of the new fields of research in medical anthropology. 14. Medical anthropology as an applied discipline. Ethical problems intrinsic to studying health and illness. 15. Presentations of students’ essays.
Literatura:	(tylko po angielsku) Bartoszko A., Penkala-Gawęcka D., 2011. ‘Medical anthropology in Poland’, Cargo 1-2: 128-135. Cant S., Sharma U., 1999. New medical pluralism?, London: Routledge (chosen chapters). Ember C.R., Ember M., 2004. Encyclopedia of medical anthropology, New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (chosen chapters). Helman C., 2006. ‘Why medical anthropology matters?’, Anthropology Today 22 (1). Kleinman A., Benson P., 2006. ‘Anthropology in the clinic: The problem of cultural competency and how to fix it’, Plos Medicine 3 (10): 1673-1676. Penkala-Gawęcka D., 1995. ‘Folk and complementary medicine in Polish ethnological investigations’, Lud. 79: 121-141. Penkala-Gawęcka D., Rajtar M., 2016, Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Medical pluralism and beyond’, Anthropology & Medicine 23 (2): 129-134. Sharma U., 1993. ‘Contextualizing alternative medicine’, Anthropology Today 9 (4). In addition, some articles will be recommended in the course of the seminar.
Efekty uczenia się:	(tylko po angielsku) Upon completion of the course, the student will: - have orientation in the history of medical anthropology, its state of the art and directions or research; - have knowledge about main theoretical and methodological developments of medical anthropology; - understand interdisciplinary relations between medical anthropology and other disciplines; - know and properly use terminology adopted in medical anthropology and related disciplines; - be able to analyse and interpret cultural and social phenomena studied by medical anthropology; - understand practical applications of medical anthropology and the significance of its expertise for health policy; - understand ethical aspects of practising medical anthropology.
Metody i kryteria oceniania:	(tylko po angielsku) Assessment will be based on a student's activity in seminar discussion and the final essay 5.0 – excellent knowledge, skills and social competences 4.5 – very good knowledge, skills and social competences 4.0 – good knowledge, skills and social competences 3.5 – satisfactory knowledge, skills and social competences, but with significant inadequacies 3.0 – satisfactory knowledge, skills and social competences, but with numerous errors

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