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2021/2022

Person, Body, Health and Gender

Code: 101244 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 3 0
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 4 0
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Lucía Sanjuán Núñez
Email:
Lucia.Sanjuan@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
No
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
Yes

Prerequisites

This course has no pre-requisites, but it is recommended that the student has completed Anthropology of sex / gender systems.

Objectives and Contextualisation

The general objectives of the course are:

- To explore and analyze the sociocultural construction of conceptualizations about health and illness.

- To explore and analyze the sociocultural construction conceptualizations about the person and the body.

- To know and understand the existence of differents systems and practices of health and illness care and the logis on which they are based.

- To know and understand the processes of construction of therapeutics itineraries.

- To know and understand the relationships between the different factors (social, political, economic,cultural…) involved int the state of health and the health needs of people, from an anthropological perspective, but taking into account the necessary interdisciplinarity that the approach of these issues requires.

 

Competences

    Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Apprehending cultural diversity through ethnography and critically assessing ethnographic materials as knowledge of local contexts and as a proposal of theoretical models.
  • Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
  • Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the history of anthropological theory and the genesis of its basic concepts.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analysing a contemporary fact from an anthropological perspective.
  2. Applying the knowledge of cultural variability and its genesis to avoid ethnocentric projections.
  3. Assessing critically the explicit and implicit theoretical models in the ethnographic materials.
  4. Engaging in debates about historical and contemporary facts and respecting the other participants' opinions.
  5. Identifying main and supporting ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  6. Identifying the contemporary interdisciplinary tendencies shared by the Anthropology and social disciplines related to the corresponding field.
  7. Identifying the recent disciplinary developments and the correlation between the anthropological theory and the social disciplines related in their historical development and the current interdisciplinary tendencies.
  8. Identifying the sociocultural variability in specific ethnographic contexts.
  9. Integrating interdisciplinary approaches on the fields of education, sex/gender systems and social inclusion-exclusion systems.
  10. Interpreting the cultural diversity through ethnography.
  11. Summarizing the acquired knowledge about the relationship between nature, culture and society.
  12. Theoretically analysing ethnographic examples of cultural diversity in the fields of education, gender and inclusion-exclusion systems.

Content

1. Introduction to health anthropology.

2. Personhood, body, health and illness.

3. Therapeutic systems, practices and itineraries.

4. Health and social inequality: interdisciplinary perspectives.

5. Monographic lessons.

Methodology

The methodology of the course subject will be organized into different types of sessions. Specifically: 

- Master classes on the theoretical content of the course, at which different audiovisual media (ppt, multimedia material…) will be used.

- Activities (at full group and/or small groups) on case studies related to the course’s agenda.

- Joint reflection activities (at full group and/or small groups) on basic readings related to the course’s agenda.

The dynamics of the course will be participatory and the reflexive and critical implication of the students are expected.

The teaching methodology and the evaluation proposed in the guide may undergo some modification subject to the onsite teaching restrictions imposed by health authorities.

 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
In class participation 10 0.4 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 6, 4
Reading, analysis of documents and individual study 45 1.8 12, 3, 7, 8, 6, 9, 10, 11
Theoretical and practical sessions 48 1.92 12, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9, 11
Type: Supervised      
Individual and/or group tutorials (face-to-face and/or virtual) 9 0.36 12, 7, 8
Type: Autonomous      
Works production, individual and in groups 30 1.2 12, 2, 3, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9

Assessment

The evaluation is continued and is organized according three different modules:

 

Module 1: Therapeutic itineraries production [30%]

The student will have to produce at least one therapeutic itinerary.

At the beginning of the course, a document with the instructions, evaluation criteria as well as format and delivery date will be posted at the Classroom Moodle

The module could not be graded if the group not present the work within the required deadline (with the sole exception of justified and duly accredited causes).

  

Module 2: Research work, in group [40%]

At the beginning of the course, the students will form working groups. Each group will have to do a research work on one of the course’s lesson.

At the beginning of the course, a document with the instructions, evaluation criteria as well as format and delivery date will be posted at the Classroom Moodle

The module could not be graded if the group not present the work within the required deadline (with the sole exception of justified and duly accredited causes).

 

Module 3: Individual exercises of analysis of ethnographic and theoretical material [30%]

By monitoring the performance and participation in proposed class activities about a set of theoretical and ethnographic material (in books, articles, audiovisual, etc.) this module evaluates the students involvement throughout the course. The activities will be adapted to the dynamics of the course which will be explained in the due course. The student must answer in a reasoned way several questions about a set of material involved on the course. The exercises will be delivered through the virtual Campus and/0r  at class

Due to their nature, the activities in this module will not be able to be re-evaluated

 

Grade review procedure

The revision date as well as the process of revision will be posted in the Classroom Moodle after each evaluation

 

Conditions for "Not evaluable"

The course will be considered non-evaluable if the student has not presented any of the activities corresponding to modules 1 and 2.

 

Conditions for re-evaluation

- The activities of module 3 are NOT able to be re-evaluated.

- Modules 1 and 2 can be re-evaluated. In order to be re-evaluated the student must have completed the evaluation procedure of Modules 1 and 2.

- The student must be re-evaluated when

• The final grade calculated according the weighting of scores, is less than 5.

•  Any of the activities corresponding to modules 1 or 2 are rated less than 3.5.

  

Necessary conditions for passing the course

- Evaluation of modules 1 and 2 is obligatory. The student must evaluate these modules to pass the course.

- The course will be considered passed when the final grade, calculated according to the weighting of scores, is equal or greater than 5.

- In any case the course will be failed if the grade of modules 1 or 2 in re-evaluation is less than 3.5.

 

Other general evaluation considerations

-  The necessary information regarding the materials, completion conditions, format, delivery dates and evaluation criteria of the activities inform modules 1, 2, and 3 will be available in the Classroom Moodle from the beginning of the course.

- Evaluative activities submitted after thedue date or that wouldn't conform to the required format standards will not be accepted.

- In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation willbe carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools or will offer them feasible alternatives.

Plagiarism Considerations

- Each exercise must be the original result of the student/group work. You cannot borrow data from other sources (be it academic works, publications, web plans, etc.) without properly referencing their authorship. If you have questions about what may be considered plagiarism, please do check the FAQ document on the classroom Moodle.

- In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Module 1: Therapeutic itineraries production 30% 2.5 0.1 1, 8, 6, 9
Module 2: Research work, in group 40% 3 0.12 12, 1, 2, 7, 8, 6, 9, 11
Module 3: Individual exercises of analysis of ethnographic and theoretical material 30% 2.5 0.1 12, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10, 4, 11

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Software

The computer programs necessary for the subject are the usual ones in the degree. There are no specific programs.

 

 
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