HEALTH ANTHROPOLOGY

HCM377

Course Code: HCM377
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Aydan Akyüz Özdemir

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Examine the relationship between health, disease, culture and improvement
Analyze the concept of health in different cultures

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There are no other recommended courses related to this course.

Course Description

The aim of this course is to examine the relationship between health, illness, culture and healing. It is based on a fundamental problematic in the anthropology of health, such as whether to examine health based on culture or whether it should be analyzed from a universal perspective. Analyzes the concept of health in different cultures.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Fundamentals of medical anthropology
2^nd Week	Fieldwork, ethnicity and identity, anthropology of children, regional studies, applied anthropology, anthropology of modern Turkey, political anthropology
3^rd Week	People, the landscape natural resources and animals
4^th Week	Elements of social structure
5^th Week	Ethnicity and identity, place and narrative, political anthropology, anthropology of modern Turkey
6^th Week	From empıre to nation state
7^th Week	State, religion and society
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	State, religion and society
10^th Week	Regional studies, applied anthropology, place and narrative, fieldwork, ethnicity and identity, anthropology of children, anthropology of modern Turkey, international migration, urban anthropology
11^th Week	Selected issues and social problems
12^th Week	Migration
13^th Week	Economics and livelihood
14^th Week	Traditional and popular culture
15^th Week	Traditional and popular culture

Recommended or Required Reading

Elmacı, N. (2013). Sağlık Antropolojisi. Siyasal Kitabevi.
Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (1996). Family and human development across cultures: A view from the other side. Psychology Press.
Delaney, C. L. (1991). The seed and the soil: gender and cosmology in Turkish village society (Vol. 11). Univ of California Press.
Öztan, G. (2012). Türkiye?de çocukluğun politik inşası. Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Presentation of Article	1	15
Total(%)		55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		45
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	15	15
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	0	0	0
Article Presentation	1	0.5	0.5
Article	3	5	15
Total Work Load			140.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.68
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10