OVERVIEW

The health anthropology seeks to know the link between the concepts of health, environment and pay homage to the medico-biological requirements with numerous cultural stimuli that act before and during illness. The acquisition of an "anthropological approach" allows you to put into due consideration the biological determinants of the disease.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course has as main objectives:

- To make the student capable of dealing with the issues related to health, the environment (biotic and abiotic), the disease through an "anthropological perspective";

- Become aware of the close relationship between the human being and the natural and social environment.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students must:

- Acquire adequate knowledge and skills of an effective understanding of the concepts in class.

- Be able to apply their knowledge and understanding and solving problems related to anthropology of health in all its extensions

- Know how to use both at the conceptual level and at the operational knowledge gained self-evaluation skills and skills in different application contexts

- Develop appropriate learning skills that enable them to continue to deepen

autonomously the main themes of discipline, especially in the workplace in which they will operate.

Teaching methods

Courses are taught by e-learning methodology (supplemented by lectures) through "blocks" of 10-15 minutes each; it is recommended that the student develop the content after each detachment.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

- Definition and anthropology study fields

- The concept of normality

- The perennial osmosis between nature and culture: the example of secular trends

- The human differentiation in time and space

- Disease illness, sickness,

- The concepts of health and disease in populations "other"

- Populations, cultures, diseases: different medical knowledge

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Among the recommended texts for further study, especially with regard to topics covered in the course:

1. Guerci, Dall’antropologia all’antropopoiesi.

Breve saggio sulle rappresentazioni e costruzioni della variabilità umana. Ed. C. Lucisano, Milano, 2007

Exam Board

DANIELA GARAVENTA (President)

ALESSANDRO ROBUTTI (President)

CARLA BUFFA (President)

CINZIA LAURA (President)

SIMONETTA AMADI

DANIELA RASO

DANIELA PULZATO

MAURO PALUMBO

FLORIANA ROMANO

FORTUNATA ROMEO

HONORE JACQUES VERNETTI MANSIN COPPET

ANNA VAGNETTI

PAOLA STRAMESI

CLARA NOCETO

INGEBORG MULLER

FRANCESCA FARINA

LAURA FARAGUTI

MIRELLA DEFILIPPI

LUIGI BEGHELLO

NADIA FOLEGANI

GUIDO FRANCO AMORETTI

SILVANA MAZZARO

ANTONIO GUERCI

PATRIZIA BIANCHETTI

SUSANNA ACCOGLI

Teaching methods

Courses are taught by e-learning methodology (supplemented by lectures) through "blocks" of 10-15 minutes each; it is recommended that the student develop the content after each detachment.

Exam description

Written 

Assessment methods

Synthetic response question

Exam schedule