COURSE MATERIALS
- Lecture: 3.1 Ethnomedical Systems
- PDF: Blerkom – “Clown Doctors: Shaman Healers of Western Medicine“
- Link: Brown – A Doctor for Disease, a Shaman for the Soul (you may need to click “skip this ad” in top right corner of page)
- Link: Slideshow: Welcoming Shamans (scroll through all slides)
- Film: “Frontline: Sick around the World” (1 hour) [watch all 5 segments]
- Link: “Five Capitalist Democracies and How They Do it“
- Film: The Horse Boy (1.5 hours)
- Lecture: 3.2 Culture, Illness, and the Body
- Optional PDF: Lock and Scheper-Hughes – “The Mindful Body: Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology” *** this reading is optional – however, it will help you with your final project, so it is worth at least skimming through!
ASSIGNMENTS
- Reflection Post: W3 Reflection Prompt – due 7/22 @ 11:59PM EST.
- Activity Post: W3 Activity Prompt – due 7/22 @ 11:59PM EST.
- Comments: Due 7/24 @ 11:59PM EST.
- Final Project: Work on the “Ethnomedical Approach” section of your final project.