400028 SE Anatomy of Life: Towards methodological innovation in health research (2022S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Di 15.03.2022 09:00 bis So 15.05.2022 09:00
- Abmeldung bis So 15.05.2022 09:00
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max. 15 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Montag
30.05.
10:00 - 15:30
C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Dienstag
31.05.
09:00 - 13:00
C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Mittwoch
01.06.
14:15 - 17:15
C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Donnerstag
02.06.
09:00 - 13:00
C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Freitag
03.06.
10:00 - 16:00
C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
The course advances new methodological approaches to the study of health/illness and normal/pathological as conceptual categories typifying anatomy of life. The topics covered include emerging global complexities in defining health, illness, medical surveillance, epidemics, and the rise of new pharmaceuticals in the context of burgeoning biotechnologies. The course also examines the very idea of death, dying, and availability of organs for transplantation around the globe and introduces biologically, ethically, and socially complex technologies of regeneration. The course shows how these seemingly elite medical and technological developments are reframing global health concerns in the new century demanding methodological innovation braiding theory and practice. The course is built around a theoretical arc drawing on concepts ripe for methodological animation: medical gaze, biopower, supplementarity, event, immunitas. In engaging with a range of key concepts the course seeks to work up new methodological modalities implanting research practice into theory.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Formulation of a topic or problem.Explanation of how the topic is linked to a broader problem, relevant to the problem.Breakdown of the problem/ topic in sub-problems/ parts.Analytical review of the appropriate literature showing how others have approached this problem. Review literature along the lines/ dimensions you have identified in #3.Comment/ state position on each subpart of your analytical review.Conclusion: summarize findings and state their importance/ consequences. How does your analysis contribute to understanding the issue at stake? Which future research directions do they point at? Try and formulate and state your own theoretical argument/ position in the conclusion.Your written assignment will be marked according to the following criteria:Relevance: The relevance of the question chosen and the extent to which the assignment addresses the question setMaterial Used: The substance of the assignment, that is, the selection and use of relevant material gained from a variety of sources. Evidence of reading as well as empirical facts and illustrations.Argument: The extent to which the assignment sets out a clearly structured discussion and analysis of the issues raised. Evidence of clear and independent thinking (i.e., signs that you can weigh up evidence, think through and assess arguments for yourself).Scholarship: Basic literacy, fluency and quality of presentation as well as scholarly attribution of references and use of notes.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Class attendance Reflections on individual doctoral projects Presentation of one critical methodological issue closely aligned to doctoral research End of course essay (max 8 to 10 pages)Minimum requirements and assessment criteriaFor a positive grade, 51 % is required90-100 %= 177-89 %= 264-76 %= 351-63 %= 40-50 % = 5
Prüfungsstoff
Students are encouraged to write on a methodological topic of their choosing drawing on their doctoral project. This topic should be discussed in advance with the course convener. You are encouraged to make a brief class presentation on the chosen topic for feedback.
Literatur
Please note: references underneath are recommended readings. However, this is not an exhaustive list and further materials will be discussed and suggested in class. You are also encouraged to undertake topic specific searches in the library catalogue and e-journals etc. Please feel free to approach the course convener for specific recommendations.
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The following sessions are set around five key methodological moments triangulating theoretical, conceptual and empirical dimensions. These topics are indicative/ illustrative of a larger movement between theory and methodology. Each session will facilitate a dialectical conversation between theoretical space, empirical field and methodological action to critically excavate the modality of writing culture, ethnography. These sessions show how the field and theory symbiosis, broadly conceived, further (re)produce and (re)populate the ‘field’ as a conceptual notion and as a material site. The sessions will further show how these processes can be successfuly manifested through an engaged, self-reflexive, methodological approach in conversation with theoretical and conceptual thought.Session I:
Entering: Biomedicine and Healthy Life
Suggested Readings:
- Coleman, S and Collins, P. 2020. Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology. Berg. Introduction
- M Foucault, M. 1998. The Will to Knowledge: The History of Sexuality Volume 1 (1976) (trans. R Hurley, 1998). Part Five, Right of Death and Power over Life, p. 133.
- Kleinman, A. 1997. Writing at the Margin: Discourse between Anthropology and Medicine. Berkeley: University of California Press.Session II: Inhabiting: New Horizon of Normality and Pathology
Suggested Readings:
- Canguilhem, G. 1989. The Normal and the Pathological. New York: Zone Books.
- Fassin, D. and D’Halluin, E. 2008. The Truth from the Body: Medical Certificates as Ultimate Evidence for Asylum Seekers. American Anthropologist 107(4):597–608.
- Ticktin, M. 2011. Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France. Berkeley: University of California Press. Introduction, Chapter 6.Session III: Gathering: Gaze and Vivisection
Suggested Readings:
- Davenport, B.A. 2000. Witnessing and the Medical Gaze: How Medical Students Learn to see at a Free Clinic for the Homeless. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 14(3): 310-327.
- Foucault, M. 2003. Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Good, B.J. 1994. Medicine, Rationality, and Experience: An Anthropological Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Session IV: Analysing: Pandemic Epidemic and Global Contagion
Suggested Readings:
- Farmer, P. 2001. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. University of California Press.
- Charles L. Briggs & Mark Nichter (2009) Biocommunicability and the Biopolitics of Pandemic Threats, Medical Anthropology, 28(3):189-198.
- Caduff, C., 2015. The pandemic perhaps: dramatic events in a public culture of danger. Univ of California Press. IntroductionSession V: Writing: Incommunicable Life of (Non)Communicable Diseases
Suggested Readings:
- Wald, P. 2008. Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative. Duke University Press. Introduction
- Greer, S.L. 2012. The Politics of Communicable Disease Control in Europe. Special Issue Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 37(6).
- Luby, S.P., 2013. The cultural anthropological contribution to communicable disease epidemiology. In When Culture Impacts Health (pp. 43-52).
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The following sessions are set around five key methodological moments triangulating theoretical, conceptual and empirical dimensions. These topics are indicative/ illustrative of a larger movement between theory and methodology. Each session will facilitate a dialectical conversation between theoretical space, empirical field and methodological action to critically excavate the modality of writing culture, ethnography. These sessions show how the field and theory symbiosis, broadly conceived, further (re)produce and (re)populate the ‘field’ as a conceptual notion and as a material site. The sessions will further show how these processes can be successfuly manifested through an engaged, self-reflexive, methodological approach in conversation with theoretical and conceptual thought.Session I:
Entering: Biomedicine and Healthy Life
Suggested Readings:
- Coleman, S and Collins, P. 2020. Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology. Berg. Introduction
- M Foucault, M. 1998. The Will to Knowledge: The History of Sexuality Volume 1 (1976) (trans. R Hurley, 1998). Part Five, Right of Death and Power over Life, p. 133.
- Kleinman, A. 1997. Writing at the Margin: Discourse between Anthropology and Medicine. Berkeley: University of California Press.Session II: Inhabiting: New Horizon of Normality and Pathology
Suggested Readings:
- Canguilhem, G. 1989. The Normal and the Pathological. New York: Zone Books.
- Fassin, D. and D’Halluin, E. 2008. The Truth from the Body: Medical Certificates as Ultimate Evidence for Asylum Seekers. American Anthropologist 107(4):597–608.
- Ticktin, M. 2011. Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France. Berkeley: University of California Press. Introduction, Chapter 6.Session III: Gathering: Gaze and Vivisection
Suggested Readings:
- Davenport, B.A. 2000. Witnessing and the Medical Gaze: How Medical Students Learn to see at a Free Clinic for the Homeless. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 14(3): 310-327.
- Foucault, M. 2003. Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Good, B.J. 1994. Medicine, Rationality, and Experience: An Anthropological Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Session IV: Analysing: Pandemic Epidemic and Global Contagion
Suggested Readings:
- Farmer, P. 2001. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. University of California Press.
- Charles L. Briggs & Mark Nichter (2009) Biocommunicability and the Biopolitics of Pandemic Threats, Medical Anthropology, 28(3):189-198.
- Caduff, C., 2015. The pandemic perhaps: dramatic events in a public culture of danger. Univ of California Press. IntroductionSession V: Writing: Incommunicable Life of (Non)Communicable Diseases
Suggested Readings:
- Wald, P. 2008. Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative. Duke University Press. Introduction
- Greer, S.L. 2012. The Politics of Communicable Disease Control in Europe. Special Issue Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 37(6).
- Luby, S.P., 2013. The cultural anthropological contribution to communicable disease epidemiology. In When Culture Impacts Health (pp. 43-52).
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Fr 13.05.2022 08:49