ANTH 125A - Abnormality in Medicine by Yesmar Oyarzun https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako Course on the social construction of normality and abnormality in medicine en-us 2024-11-01 15:23:27 UTC 2025-04-24 13:16:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Why Choose This Course? yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834442 Are you interested in what it means to be normal or abnormal, and how that differs across space and time? This course seeks to explore what (ab)normality means, particularly in medicine. What makes a body "normal", "healthy", "beautiful", "good", or... not those things?

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💻 Format: In-Person
⏰ Time: Mondays, Wednesdays 2:30PM – 3:50 PM

💫 Credits: 4
📍 Location: TBA


📚 Foundational Literacies: Writing Intensive

🌎 Global Engagement: DEIS-US

🧑🏽‍⚕️ HSSP Focus Area B Elective

]]> 2024-11-01 15:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834445 Unit 1: The Body, Power, and Norms yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834447 Develop a nuanced and informed understanding of the following key concepts and terms:

  • the body, particularly as a cultural phenomenon

  • pathology, abnormality, and normality

  • biopower and biopolitics

  • aesthetics, particularly in relation to the body

]]> 2024-11-01 15:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834447 Unit 2: Different Differences yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834466 Develop a critical awareness of different types of people and bodies who do not easily fit into medicine's mold of normality. We will discuss problems related to the following identity categories and "boxes" people may be shuffled into:

  • race, ethnicity, and nationality

  • gender, sex, trans*-ness, and sexuality

  • (dis)ability and illness

]]> 2024-11-01 15:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834466 Unit 3: The Politics of Fixing (Bodies) yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/yxi9xvexihsw8ako/wish/3197834469 Explore medical and other interventions that assist in the attainment of beauty and health ideals, and the politics that undergird them. We explore the influences and potential influences of the following on the politics of fixing:

  • modernity

  • nationality, ethnicity, and transnational politics

  • the normativity of whiteness

  • histories of experimentation

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