Global health constitutes a diversity of actors, institutions, and projects that mobilize immense resources, interventions, and technologies to address complex health issues across the globe. This seminar exposes students to the theories, methodologies, and approaches adopted by anthropologists and others who critically examine how global health reconfigures local practices, politics, and concepts of care, health, and the body. Drawing on case studies from across the globe and using an interdisciplinary lens, the seminar analyzes initiatives, projects, and interventions carried out to improve health in the past and present. We will critically examine topics including: histories of global health, social,
Global health constitutes a diversity of actors, institutions, and projects that mobilize immense resources, interventions, and technologies to address complex health issues across the globe. This seminar exposes students to the theories, methodologies, and approaches adopted by anthropologists and others who critically examine how global health reconfigures local practices, politics, and concepts of care, health, and the body. Drawing on case studies from across the globe and using an interdisciplinary lens, the seminar analyzes initiatives, projects, and interventions carried out to improve health in the past and present. We will critically examine topics including: histories of global health, social,
