Anthropology of Health and Wellbeing

SOAN60412 Anthropology of Health and Wellbeing 15 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 Maia Green Unit coordinator Anthropology 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 This course uses ethnographic case studies to examine how interactions between people, societies and systems generate health or illness and wellbeing or illbeing in a range of contexts.The course explores the ways in which health and wellbeing articulate with politics and inequality. Topics covered by the course include Human Society and Health, Wellbeing and Care, Disability and Ageing,  Gender and Reproductive Risk, Exclusion and Destitution,  Social Protection,  Socio Emergence and New Epidemics (dengue, Ebola, SARS), the Political Economy of Health Provision, Medical Tourism, Health Insurance,  the Wellness Industry and  Health Hacking and Personalisation   This course uses ethnographic case studies to examine how interactions between people, societies and systems generate health or illness and wellbeing or illbeing in a range of contexts.The course explores the ways in which health and wellbeing articulate with politics and inequality. Topics covered by the course include Human Society and Health, Wellbeing and Care, Disability and Ageing,  Gender and Reproductive Risk, Exclusion and Destitution,  Social Protection,  Socio Emergence and New Epidemics (dengue, Ebola, SARS), the Political Economy of Health Provision, Medical Tourism, Health Insurance,  the Wellness Industry and  Health Hacking and Personalisation   Use a range of case study materials to explore the diverse ways in which cultural ideas and social organisation shape health and wellbeing  in a variety of contexts internationally.  The course emphasises ways in which human action can improve  or have a damaging impact on health and wellbeing outcomes for different social groups.   Students will be introduced to examples of public policy responses to health and wellbeing as well as issues impacting on health and wellbeing at different scales from the personal to the global. Enhancement for MA level comes from depth of engagement At the end of this module, you will understand how ideas about health and well-being are culturally constructed, how the political economy of health is organised and how inequalities within health and social systems are mutually constituted, including the contribution of social science research to health politics and priorities. Enhancement for MA level comes from depth of engagement   The course consists of 10 two hour lectures delivered live and on campus. Each lecture slot is divided into two parts. There will be a short break in the middle.  0 Other 100% <ul><li>3000 word final essay (worth 100%)</li></ul> Y 0 0 0 Postgraduate students will have their own seminar group and a dedicated assessment in the form of a four thousand word essay. Postgraduate students are expected to engage more with full length ethnographies.