ANTH 8: HEALTH BEYOND

University of California, Santa Barbara

Investigates global health through the integrated lenses of biological anth ropology, cultural anthropology, and bioarchaeology, moving across deep tim e and the contemporary world to ask what it means to be healthy, sick, and cared for across human societies. Themes include: the ecology of emerging i nfectious disease, the politics of medicine, the comparative organization o f healthcare systems, indigenous health sovereignty, and the challenge of c hronic illness in an aging world.