STS.330 History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology, Fall 2006
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STS-330Fall-2006/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-330Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm
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Author(s)
Helmreich, Stefan, 1966-
Jones, David S. (David Shumway)
Alternative Title
History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology
Date Issued
December 2006
Abstract
This course explores recent historical and anthropological approaches to the study of medicine and biology. Topics include histories of bodies and embodiment in medicine; institutional and social genealogies and futures for genes and genomes; the role of science and medicine in racial formation; epidemics and emergent diseases; new reproductive technologies and socialities; the laboratory and field lives of animals, plants, microbes, molecules, and environments.
Subjects
historical medicine
medieval dissection
gender
visible human project
genealogies
genome
biological kinship
biology of race
race and disease
emerging diseases
human relationship with animals
reproductive technologies
therapeutics
bioprospecting
climate change
environmental technology
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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