This course is concerned with the interrelationships between health-illness-disease, culture and healing. What is the meaning of anthropological perspectives such as the emic approach or the holistic analysis of culture, for the study of health generating behavior? What is the meaning of health in different cultures?
The dominant biomedical paradigm, the meaning of "alternative medicine" in different cultures will be discussed. The course will also include a critical study of the contribution of anthropologists in applied health projects.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) Discusses the concept of health illness and disease anthropologically | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 2) Explores the power of medicine in western cultures | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 3) Discusses the position of an anthropologist is applied health projects | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 4) Explores the healing practices in different cultures. | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 5) Discusses the legitimacy of biomedical paradigm and power relationships. | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 6) Explores the legitimacy of alternative medicine in neo-liberal economies |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | INTRODUCTION | Fundamentals of medical anthropology |
| 2 | DEMOGRAPHY AND HEALTH | Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Anthropology of modern Turkey, Political Anthropology |
| 3 | PEOPLE, THE LANDSCAPE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ANIMALS | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of modern Turkey, Political Anthropology |
| 4 | ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey |
| 5 | THE LEGACY OF THE PAST OTTOMAN EMPIRE | Ethnicity and Identity, Place and Narrative, Political Anthropology, Anthropology of Modern Turkey |
| 6 | FROM EMPIRE TO NATION STATE | Ethnicity and Identity, Place and Narrative, Political Anthropology, Anthropology of Modern Turkey |
| 7 | MIDTERM | |
| 8 | STATE RELIGION AND SOCIETY | Ethnicity and Identity, Place and Narrative, Political Anthropology, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, Applied Anthropology |
| 9 | RURAL TURKEY | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, International Migration |
| 10 | URBAN TURKEY | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, International Migration, Urban Anthropology |
| 11 | SELECTED ISSUES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, International Migration |
| 12 | MIGRATION | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, International Migration |
| 13 | ECONOMICS AND LIVELIHOOD | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, International Migration |
| 14 | TRADITIONAL AND POPULAR CULTURE | Regional Studies, Applied Anthropology, Place and Narrative, Fieldwork, Ethnicity and Identity, Anthropology of Children, Anthropology of Modern Turkey, International Migration |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |||
| Textbook |
-Karakaş Özbayrak, İ (2011) II.Abdülhamid Döneminde Uygulanan Sosyal Yardım Politikaları, Libra Yayınevi.
-Shankland, D. (1999). Antropoloji ve Etnisite: Yeni Alevi Hareketinde Etnoğrafyanın Yeri. (eds.) Olsson, Tord, Özdalga Elisabeth and Raudvere Catharina. Alevi Kimliği, 20-31. -Kâğıtçıbaşı, Ç. (1996). Family and human development across cultures: A view from the other side. Psychology Press. -Delaney, C. L. (1991). The seed and the soil: gender and cosmology in Turkish village society (Vol. 11). Univ of California Press. -Arbel, B (2010) “The Attitude of Muslims to Animals: Renaissance Perceptions and Beyond” Suraiya Faroqhi ed. Animals and People in Ottoman Empire, 57-74. Eren. -Berkes, N., & Kuyaş, A. (2003). Türkiye'de çağdaşlaşma (Vol. 117). Yapı Kredi Yayınları. |
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| Additional Resources |
-Panzac, D., & Yılmaz, S. (1997). Osmanlı imparatorluğu'nda veba: 1700-1850. Türkiye Ekonomik Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı.
-Öztan, G. (2012) Türkiye’de çocukluğun politik inşası. Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınevi. |
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Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | |
| Assignments | A full academic report based on ethnographic material and literature review |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Homework | 1 | 70 |
| Class participation, presentations and attendance | 2 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Trains reputable academics who know the place of anthropology in the social sciences and its conceptual, who have absorbed theoretical foundation and who can adopt the theoretical approaches to their original research, who are equipped with technical and cultural knowledge, methods, ethical concerns, who can bring together the theory and practice to express in written and oral format, who inquire, examine and eager to improve. | X | |||||
| 2 | Trains anthropologists who follow up both national and international publications related to their areas of interest in anthropology and other social sciences, who have the ability to implement an holistic approach to interpret and observe the Turkish culture and characteristics of different cultures; geographical conditions, historical processes and the dynamics of social change, whose research can make contribution to social sciences, who can critically evaluate the other published materials, who can integrate their unique perspective both in personal and business life. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | |||
| Mid-terms | |||
| Homework | |||
| Final examination | |||
| Total Work Load | |||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | |||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | |||