Global health systems reflect powerful assumptions about how life should be valued. Who and what counts as a health priority? How are disease and disability distributed? What responses are supported, and when? And how do people participate? Drawing together perspectives from historical and anthropological Science and Technology Studies (STS), this course examines the making of global health systems and the work that they do in a range of health contexts. Through lecture, discussion, and applied project work, students will learn to think critically about the deeply historical and human relationship between care, control, and participation in the name of health. The course will draw particular attention to intersections of data and stigma in health/care settings.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 25

Crosslisted Courses: ANTH 275

Prerequisites: None.

Distribution Requirements: EC - Epistemology and Cognition; SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Typical Periods Offered: Spring

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring