Anthropology in the News
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Anthropology in the News
Medical Anthropology and Biocultural Approaches
Medical Anthropological Approach
• How can we understand the intersection between medicine and culture?
•What are the relationships among “disease,” “illness,” and “wellness”?
• Examine the intersection between medicine and culture is historically, politically, and economically constructed.
Medical Anthropological Approach
• Illness• ______________________________
• Disease • _______________________________
• Wellness • Some cultures _______________________
Brief History of Medical Anthropology
1990’s = _________________________________ Ex. Farmer’s work as an MD &
anthropologist “illness narratives” = your story, your
words, your experience with illness
2000 = Using _________________as a tool to examine _______________________ ________________ ________________
Medical Anthropology: Cholera
Medical Anthropology: Cholera
Medical Anthropology: Cholera
• What is cholera?• Infectious __________________
• Transmission - Occurs through ingesting _________________________
Medical Anthropology: Cholera
Medical Anthropology: Cholera
• Originally ____________________________• _________________likely serving as a contamination
reservoir. • The disease spread by _____________to Russia, then
W. Europe, and finally N. America.
• Today• Not a high concern health threat in ____________• Heavily affects populations in ________________
Medical Anthropology: Cholera in Haiti• Paul Farmer and colleagues:
• 1.• 2.• 3.• 4.• 5.
Information available at http://anthropologyworks.com/index.php/2010/12/12/five-steps-against-cholera-in-haiti/
Medical Anthropology: Cholera in Haiti
Anthropological Study of AIDS• Background:• Infancy – late 1980s early 1990s
• AIDS and Anthropology Research Group – 1987•Western and non-western cultures
Anthropological Study of AIDS
China
Haiti
South Africa
Paul Farmer
Anthropological Study of AIDS• Renaud’s study• Legal (registered)
prostitute community & non-prostitute community • Kaolack, Senegal• 1.• 2.• 3.
• Worked from a local health clinic
Anthropological Research and AIDS
• Prior knowledge about research starting: • Approximately ______________________ in Kaolack were HIV positive
Renaud’s research ___________________________________ ____________________________________
Anthropological Research and AIDS
Information Gathered: A high % of prostitutes ________________with
clients In their relationships, ________________________ Non-prostitutes also reported being reluctant to
_____________________________________
Anthropological Research and AIDS
• Renaud’s conclusion from her research:
• Women did “_________________ _____________________________”
• Asking their partners to ______ ___________________________
Anthropological Research and AIDS
• Research has found links between:• Local sociocultural processes that create a
risk environment for infection AND • Lifeworlds of sufferers to the global political
economy
• Heavy focus on Africa • 1.• 2.• 3.
Information taken from: Schoeph, BG. (2001). Critical Perspective on the Crisis. Annual Review of Anthropology 30:335-361.
Anthropological Research and AIDS
Information taken from: Schoeph, BG. (2001). Critical Perspective on the Crisis. Annual Review of Anthropology 30:335-361.
Anthropological Research and AIDS• Worldwide, impact of HIV/AIDS is similar for
men and women• Sub-Saharan Africa, ______________________
• Why does AIDS affect more women in this region?• 1.• 2.• 3.• 4.
Anthropological Research and AIDS• Through 1990s publically
denied AIDS as a viral infection• 1.• 2.
• 2000 – internationally rejected AIDS as a viral infection• 1.