* * The Anthropology of Health and the Body in the 21st Century * *
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An exciting new MA at Goldsmiths London University that combines
traditional medical anthropology with some of the most contemporary debates
about the life-sciences, biotechnology and the global impact of western
medicine.
What's the relationship between culture, health and people's sense of their
bodies? Why are increasing aspects of our lives appearing to be understood
through the language of medicine? How is it that while there are
extraordinary technical advances, so many people turn to alternative
therapies? Why do there appear to be new illnesses resisting medical
explanation? Do we really have to cope with more health risks nowadays?
Anthropology at Goldsmiths provides a unique intellectual environment in
which to engage with these and many more relevant and pressing questions of
our time. More broadly, issues around health and the body provide exciting
and diverse ways of thinking about how we live in our social worlds.
Drawing on debates in medical anthropology, this innovative degree will
address contemporary theories relating to ideas of the body, to science,
technology and modern medicine, to the politics and economics of health, to
the ritual basis of healing, and to cultural perspectives across the globe.
You will take a core course that introduces the field of medical
anthropology and subsequently consolidates themes through seminars and
workshops which relate to your own areas of interest. In addition, you can
choose from a range of specialist option courses that include gender and
the body, development, Europe, anthropology of the environment,
anthropology and the media, psychological perspectives, symbolic systems
and politics & economics. You will build up a portfolio of work that will
feed into a final dissertation based on your own research (usually
fieldwork) which will allow you to conceptualise your own chosen topic
within debates and material raised throughout the degree.
The Masters will provide you with an excellent grounding for possible
employment within the health services as a researcher, extend your
understanding of the cultural dimensions to health-care provision in the UK
and in development settings, and as a basis for a PhD application if you
choose to pursue one.
Length: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
Entrance requirements: normally, a qualification in anthropology or related
discipline, including health studies (upper 2nd or above in undergraduate
degree)
For all enquiries e-mail [log in to unmask],
or write to:
The Postgraduate Secretary, Anthropology,
Goldsmiths College
University of London
New Cross
London
SE14 6NW
UK
See also : http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/anthropology/
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