DISCUSS HOW THE WORK OF PAUL FARMER AND THE MEMBERS OF PARTNERS IN HEALTH EXEMPLIFIES THE THREE FIELDS OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (ECOLOGICAL-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CRITICAL
DISCUSS HOW THE WORK OF PAUL FARMER AND THE MEMBERS OF PARTNERS IN HEALTH EXEMPLIFIES THE THREE FIELDS OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (ECOLOGICAL-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CRITICAL
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Answer TWO of the following questions: 1) Discuss three ways in which road construction and changes in Kohistani violence illustrate how culture is integrated. Be sure to define what “integrated” means (use definition given in class). In your discussion of change, you should consider factors that inhibited violence prior to the road’s construction, three changes that exacerbated violence after the road’s construction, and how these changes illustrate how culture is integrated. 2) Discuss how the work of Paul Farmer and the members of Partners in Health exemplifies the three fields of medical anthropology (ecological-epidemiological, critical, interpretivist). Be sure to define each of the three fields of medical anthropology and give specific examples of how Paul Farmer and Partners in Health implemented each. Your examples should describe things that Farmer/PIH actually did (their actions), not things about which they just thought, spoke, or wrote. 3) Discuss the quandry confronted by young people in many of the cultures that we studied this semester — whether and how to maintain their distinctive cultural identities in a rapidly changing, increasingly globalized world. Note that this is the question for which students in previous semesters have had the most difficulty. Here’s what you should NOT do — go through several cases and talk about how globalization is affecting them. Rather, imagine yourself as a young person in a culture that is being affected by globalization. What forces (e.g., old and new) would be pulling on you as you tried to define your own identity in a changing world? Here is a short film in 2 parts to get you thinking about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrJX3FNQQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKuiHKK_Ax4 The maximum length for each essay is 3 pages double-spaced. If one of your essays is less than 2 pages, you should check to make sure that there isn’t more that you want to say. Grades for each essay will be assigned based on the following criteria: – a clearly stated thesis – organization of the discussion in support of the thesis – accuracy of content – insightfulness and thoroughness of the discussion – inclusion of relevant examples – use of proper grammar and spelling – overall quality of the writing