In this seminar, we engage with key scholarship in medical anthropology to explore the moral, gendered, bureaucratic, and technological complexities of care. Through readings, discussions, and assignments from diverse settings, we challenge simplistic views that reduce care to a warm and fuzzy practice. As we will discover, care often entails darker dimensions: it can be violent, isolating, and painful. Rather than offering a one-sided perspective, our materials invite us to critically examine what it means to care in a world that is becoming increasingly frantic.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 15

Crosslisted Courses: WGST 344

Prerequisites: ANTH 101 or WGST 120 or permission of instructor.

Distribution Requirements: SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Typical Periods Offered: Fall

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall