The Afterlives of Slavery, Health, and Medicine

Graduate / Professional

This experiential, workshop-style class explores contemporary approaches to Black/African American healing practices in the ongoing wake of slavery and its afterlives in the African diaspora. We engage with work by physician-activists, artist-theologians, anthropologists, poets, community organizers and others who focus on human flourishing and transformative justice for individuals, bodies, communities, and lands. Topics include studies of rest and joy, somatic mindfulness and breathwork, eco-spirituality, body affirmation, food sovereignty, and anti-racism in medicine and health care. F 9:25am-11:20am