Language and Medicine in Practice

Catalog description

This Community-Based Research and Learning course (CBLR) provides students with a foundation for thinking about how the ways people use language shape and are shaped by the medical sphere. Team taught by a linguistic anthropologist (P. Faudree) and medical anthropologist (K. Mason), this course explores the intersections of language, medicine and health, culture, and society. The course also has a strong applied dimension: students will engage in volunteer work and/or participant observation in clinical settings as part of their coursework. Throughout the course, students will bring their insights and observations of healthcare practice into dialogue with anthropological analysis. The course is limited to 20 students, admitted to the class via an application process. Priority will be given to senior anthropology concentrators and Engaged Scholarship Certificate students.