297B2
Advanced graduate seminar
SoSe 22: Anthropology of Infectious Disease
Dominik Mattes
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Achtung: Für diese reine Online-Lehrveranstaltung wurde auch der Raum 302a in der Garystr. 55 reserviert. Dort können sich diejenigen Studierenden treffen, die nicht von zu Hause, sondern vom FU Campus aus der LV Online folgen möchten. close
Comments
As the current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates, dealing with infectious disease requires bodies of knowledge that by far exceed the disciplinary boundaries of biology and biomedicine. Throughout this seminar, participants will develop a genuinely anthropological perspective on how profoundly communicable diseases such as COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Ebola or Tuberculosis are shaped by biosocial processes and political-economic conditions. The students will be acquainted with relevant theoretical discussions around notions such as Cultural Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Syndemics, biosecurity, interspecies relations, and the pharmaceuticalization of public/global health. Drawing on these insights, they will critically reflect on what anthropology’s unique contribution can be to a better understanding of the emergence, prevention, and response to infectious diseases and pandemic threats in an ever-more interconnected world. close
Suggested reading
Kelly, Ann, Frédéric Keck, and Christos Lynteris. 2019. The Anthropology of Epidemics. New York: Routledge.
Singer, Merrill. Anthropology of Infectious Disease. 2015. Anthropology of Infectious Disease. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press. close
Singer, Merrill. Anthropology of Infectious Disease. 2015. Anthropology of Infectious Disease. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press. close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2022-04-20 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-04-27 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-05-04 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-05-11 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-05-18 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-05-25 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-06-01 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-06-08 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-06-15 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-06-22 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-06-29 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-07-06 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-07-13 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2022-07-20 10:00 - 12:00