OVERVIEW

How to proceed from the care to "take care"? The health anthropology seeks to make known the link between the concepts of health, environment and care, conjugating to the medico-biological requirements with numerous cultural stimuli that act before and during the illness. The acquisition of an "anthropological approach" allows you to put into due consideration the non-biological determinants of the disease. Wide publicity should be given to the study of individual variability.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course has as main objectives:

- To make the student capable of dealing with the issues related to health, the environment (biotic and abiotic), the disease through an "anthropological perspective";

- Become aware of the close relationship between the human being and the natural and social environment.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding

•  To know the fields of study of Anthropology, understood as the natural history of man.

•  To know the transformations of the human body in the course of evolution.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

•   To be able to critically and consciously use the concepts learned.

Autonomy of judgement

• To acquire autonomy of judgement about the issues covered by the discipline, which can also be extended to broader problems and questions.

Communication skills

• Learn the disciplinary language of anthropology and learn to use it appropriately in reporting on the subjects covered by the course.

Learning skills

• To acquire adequate skills in the independent reading of anthropological texts.

Expected outcomes

• To have acquired adequate knowledge and an effective ability to understand the concepts expressed during the didactic activities

• To be able to apply the knowledge gained and to understand and solve problems related to anthropology in all its extensions

• To be able to use both conceptually and operationally the acquired knowledge with autonomous evaluation capacity and with skills in the various application contexts

• To develop adequate learning skills that enable them to continue to explore the main themes of the discipline independently, especially in the work contexts in which they will find themselves operating.

TEACHING METHODS

Inclusive teaching strategies are employed and tools are used to interact, capture attention, and measure levels of understanding.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Definition and fields of study of anthropology
• Human variability and adaptation
• Main anthropometric traits
• Human, culture and environment in an anthropological perspective
• The concepts of health and disease
• Populations, cultures, diseases: the different medical knowledge

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography will be specified at the beginning of the course, and will be published on the AulaWeb page of the course.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

VITTORIA FERRANDO (President)

LARA PICCARDO (President)

EMANUELA LUISA FAELLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

II semester

Class schedule

L'orario di tutti gli insegnamenti è consultabile all'indirizzo EasyAcademy.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final exam aims to verify the ability to adequately frame and develop the topics, the possession of disciplinary terminology and the degree of in-depth study of the main issues.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Multiple choice test items will be used for assessing student learning.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with DSA certification ("specific learning disabilities"), disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods that, in compliance with the teaching objectives, take account of individual learning arrangements and provide appropriate compensatory tools.