CULTURE, HEALTH, AND GLOBALIZATION

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This course is an exploration of how the health of individuals, communities, and nations are impacted by globalization. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyze the historical, economic, political, and socio-cultural dimensions of health in various regions around the world, including Sub-Sahara Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Rather than aiming to arrive at a fixed definition of "globalization" or to theorize the relationship between globalization and human well-being in universal terms, we will ask what is being globalized, how globalization is changing the world, and who is responsible for its consequences. PREREQ: MINIMUM JUNIOR STANDING OR INSTRUCTOR CONSENT