SISP 300
Spring 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SOC 318 |
This seminar examines foundational books in medical ethnography. Students will compare different ways of approaching the study of health and illness through observations, interviews, and personal reflections. The course will look at the main issues that have motivated ethnographers to study medicine through fieldwork. We will use these texts as springboards to consider how authors' research methods, research questions, and writing styles reflect the politics of science and the state. We will explore, for example, the changing ways in which ethnographers have viewed their own place within the social worlds they study. The course will prepare students to research and write their own medical ethnographies in future semesters. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SISP |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Bosk, Charles. FORGIVE AND REMEMBER: MANAGING MEDICAL FAILURE
ISBN: 9780226066806
Fox, Renee. EXPERIMENT PERILOUS: PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS FACING THE UNKNOWN
ISBN: 1560009497
Additional readings on reserve
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reading responses
Book project (including a midterm research paper and a final critique) |
| Instructor(s): Stark,Laura Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: ALLB113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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