The examination of a blood sample in Middlesex Hospital in London. (Image courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.)
Course Highlights
Course Description
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.
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .mov.