Guided Readings in Global Health: Life in Crisis

1.5 units

This asynchronous reading course explores anthropological insights on global health crises, applying them to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The class will cover theoretical questions of crisis, states of emergency, and anticipation and preparedness, as well as survey recent ethnographies of biosecurity, epidemics (including ebola), and global humanitarianism. The online course will include: reading electronic resources, following prerecorded content overviews, Canvas posts, and peer-to-peer online engagement.