ANTHROP 4S03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethnomedicine, Biomedicine, Bioarchaeology
24 Apr 2020
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Creating good discussion questions: high level require synthesis, divergent questions one answer vs. many, structured not to vague, straightforward. Ask to change to week 5 email: bennet but do claire and laura. Biomedicine: concentrated on biology the microbe, epidemiology, microbiology. Medical anthrop: recent and historical, biocultural/ecosocial approach. Bioarchaeology: concentrates on inds of the past, skeletl material, historical records, dna. How to get info for study infectious disease records journals academic or personal. First started working on it in wwii: concerned w economic growth, disease and unsanitary conditions = obstacles. Ethno embedded within a specific cultural tradition. Bio concentrates on bio factors and mechanisms: considered universal and acultural. Biological life doesn"t exist in isolation from social and cultural life. How [changes] in ecology affect human health. Can have a disease and not exp an illness. How we respond to challenges and opportunities health implications.
