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Lecturer(s)
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Pankowská Anna, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Hirt Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to the study. a) Focus of interest. Health and disease as critical concepts in anthropology. b) Significance of biomedical anthropology for social sciences. c) Studying health, disease, and healing from biocultural perspective. Evolutionary, historical, political, and economic approaches and problems faced when defining 'health' and 'disease'. Human health and disease, health care systems, age, sex, inequality and biocultural adaptation. 2. Contexts and conditions. a) Growth and development. Unbalanced growth in biocultural perspective. Stunted growth, reduced growth rate, risk of illness and premature death, delayed mental function and decreased productivity in economic system. b) Humans in the world of microbes: The Anthropology of infectious disease. Emerging and re- emerging infectious diseases threaten all countries. Globalization of infectious diseases, Impact of migration. c) Diet and nutrition, access to resources and availability of nutrition. Famines as an economic and cultural phenomenon in the past. The biocultural, environmental and health impact of industrialisation. Recent growing diabetes epidemic and its economic impact in low- and middle-income communities. d) Health care. The history of care, care in traditional societies. Medical treatment and cure. The role of pharmacy in recent medical system. Theory and practice of the 'bioarchaeology of care'. 3. Ethnobiomedicine and ethnobioarchaeology. a) Introduction to the study (field's definition), methods and application. Relationship and connection between theory, experiment and retrospective disciplines. b) The ecology of disease and health, political violence, war, culture and the stress in ethnobioarchaeology and ethnobiomedicine.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Practicum
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 39 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 39 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to master the general knowledge of the study of anthropology and knowledge of the history of anthropology |
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| to understand and critically assess a professional text in the Czech language |
| to understand and critically assess a professional text in the English language |
| to present research formally |
| to lead professional debates |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and explain methods and approaches of biomedical anthropology |
| to characterize and describe the historical development of biomedical anthropology and the main thought trends and applicability of the field |
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| to reflects critically the sources and literature he works with |
| to analyze in detail a specific topic from biomedical anthropology |
| to present and critically evaluate theoretical assumptions and an example of application |
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| Lecture |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
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| Practicum |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills demonstration |
| Students' portfolio |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
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| Lecture |
| Practicum |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Students' portfolio |
| Textual studies |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Written exam |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Bártlová, Sylva. Sociologie medicíny a zdravotnictví. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1197-4.
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Diamond J. Svět, který skončil včera: Co se můžeme naučit od tradičních společností? Jan Melvil. 2012.
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Ember, C. R. Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures Topics. Springer, 2003.
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Harrod RP. Ethnobioarchaeology. New Directions in Bioarchaeology, Special Forum. The SAA Archaeological Record 12(2):32-4. 2012.
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Lebl, Jan. Růst dětí a jeho poruchy. 1. vyd. Praha : Galén, 1996. ISBN 80-85824-30-2.
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Lock M, Nguyen VK. An Anthropology of Biomedicine. Oxford Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Marmot, M. G.,; Wilkinson, Richard G. Social determinants of health. 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-856589-5.
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PTÁČEK, Radek a Petr BARTŮNĚK. Etické problémy medicíny na prahu 21. století.
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Ptáček, Radek; Bartůněk, Petr. Etika a komunikace v medicíně. Praha : Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3976-2.
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