HEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATION 2   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

ANTH 1714 - HEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATION 2


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will continue the study of the health, nutrition and population of the NAPO Kichwa begun in HPNI. It will specifically address the historical and contemporary food systems of the NAOP Kichwa; the production and management of Chica (manioc beer) as a cultural superfood and dietary staple; the management of pregnancy and childbirth in the Kichwa ethnomedical system; the impact of the intercultural health movement and the millennium development goals for safe motherhood on the provision pregnancy and birth care services in the Ecuadorian national system; and the impact of biomedicine on Kichwa health practice. Hpnii will be taught as a combination of lectures, discussion of readings, site/field visits, interviewing of key actors and analysis of primary materials derived from interviews and observations of Kichwa people, healers and patients. It will have a significant independent research component.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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