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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Barbora Půtová, Ph.D., Ph.D. (09.12.2019)
illness, healing, reproduction and disability. The body can be considered not only as a biomechanical object but also as a dynamic entity that reflects individual experiences and cultural and socially conditioned meanings, practices, images, and norms. This course explores theoretical concepts of medical anthropology, as well as case studies and evidence from various cultural contexts. The course begins by addressing cultural understanding of childbirth, midwifery and obstetrics. Students will be introduced to concepts of ‘biosocial framework‘ and ‘authoritative knowledge’ in order to understand cultural variability of childbirth practices. Subsequently, students will explore cultural notions of health, illness and disability, and will be introduced to the concept of ‘social constructivism’ and the body as an instrument of power consolidation. Consideration will be given to the ethnomedical practices of healing. Students will explore case studies from India, Cameroon, Tanzania, the Czech Republic and more. During the course, students are expected to actively participate in discussions. Students will be encouraged to share experiences from their home cultures or cultures of their interest. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Barbora Půtová, Ph.D., Ph.D. (09.12.2019)
In this course, students will gain an overview of the anthropology of the body and will better comprehend cultural factors influencing our understanding of health, illness, reproduction and disability. Particularly, students will be able to understand key concepts of anthropology of childbirth and midwifery, such as ‘authoritative knowledge‘, and ‚biosocial farmework‘. Moreover, students will gain understanding of basic theories and concepts of health, illness and disability, and the body as an object of power consolidation. Students will be familiar with the concept of ethnomedicine and will explore various cultural notions of healing. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Zahrádková (06.02.2020)
Final mark will be calculated on the basis of following: 1. Attendance and active participation in discussions. Details on requirements and evaluation will be provided on the first day of teaching. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Barbora Půtová, Ph.D., Ph.D. (09.12.2019)
Essential literature: Jordan, B., 1992. Birth in four cultures: A crosscultural investigation of childbirth in Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and the United States. Waveland Press. Scheper-Hughes,N., Lock,M., 1987, Mindful Body: "The mindful body: a prolegomenon to future work in medical anthropology." Medical Anthropology Quarterly Ingstad,B., White, S., R., 1995. Disability and the Culture, University of California Press Other recommended literature: Burton, John W. 2001. Culture and the Human Body. An Anthropological Perspective. Waveland Press. Davis-Floyd, R., Cheyney M., 2019. Birth in Eight Cultures. Waveland Press. Good, Byron. 2010. A reader in medical anthropology: theoretical trajectories, emergent realities. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology. Murphy, M. S., Klaus, H. D. (ed.), 2017. Colonized Bodies, Worlds Transformed: Toward A Global Bioarchaeology of Contact and Colonialism (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global). University Press of Florida. Odent, M., 1984. Birth reborn. Random House Incorporated. Womack, M. 2010. The Anthropology of Health and Healing. Plymouth: AltaMira Press. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Zahrádková (06.02.2020)
Preliminary outline of the course: 1. Introduction to the course |