Anthropology 245 - Global Health and Humanitarianism

Global Health&Humanitarianism

Spring
2020
01
4.00
Lynn Morgan
MW 09:30AM-10:45AM
Mount Holyoke College
109834
Clapp Laboratory 127
lmmorgan@mtholyoke.edu
This course examines global health disparities and the unequal distribution of disease, focusing on the health consequences of poverty, structural violence, and globalization. In addition, we critically examine the foundations of global humanitarianism and the complexities, constraints, and prospects for working collaboratively across borders to resolve global health problems. Readings will address how global health is constructed and represented, and why humanitarian endeavors (charitable, philanthropic, NGO, religious, etc.) have emerged as the preferred manner of addressing global health problems in the contemporary era.
Prereq: ANTHR-105.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.