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Cultural Anthropology in the News Medical Anthropology and Biocultural Approaches Medical Anthropological Approach • How can we understand the intersection between medicine and culture? • What are the relationships among “disease,” “illness,” and “wellness”? • What is the relationship between “medicalization” v. “somaticization”? Medical Anthropological Approach • Medicalization • when conditions become categorized • Somaticization • body expressing itself, how the body experiences itself Medical Anthropological Approach Intersection between medicine and culture is historically, politically, and economically constructed. Free- Write: How do you think history, politics, and economics plays a role in the health of a cultural group? Differences between western & non-western cultures? Medical Anthropological Approach • Illness • cultural experience of the “sick role” • Disease • Biomedical or scientific construction of “x condition” • Wellness • Some cultures focus on health instead of “sickness” Brief History of Medical Anthropology 1990’s = Critically “applied” medical anthropology Ex. Farmer’s work as an MD & anthropologist “illness narratives” = your story, your words, your experience with illness 2000 = Using anthropological lens as a tool to examine medical situations as they intersect Issues of social justice Ethnicity Medical Anthropology: Cholera Medical Anthropology: Cholera • What is cholera? • Infectious gastroenteritis • Transmission - Occurs through ingesting contaminated water or food (this is the vector) Medical Anthropology: Cholera • Originally endemic to the Indian subcontinent • Ganges River likely serving as a contamination reservoir. • The disease spread by trade routes to Russia, then W. Europe, and finally N. America. • Cholera • No longer considered a pressing health threat in Europe and North America • Still heavily affects populations in developing countries Medical Anthropology: Cholera in Haiti • Paul Farmer and colleagues: • identify and treat all those with symptomatic cholera • make cholera vaccines available through a concerted effort • address water insecurity to promote prevention • strengthen Haiti’s public health system. • raise the goals for health in Haiti and deliver the means to achieve them. Information available at http://anthropologyworks.com/index.php/2010/12/12/five-steps-against-cholera-in-haiti/ Medical Anthropology: Cholera in Haiti Medical Anthropology: Nutrition in Malawi Medical Anthropology: Nutrition in Malawi