ASF22001 Medical Anthropology

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ASF22001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 医療人類学

Subject Name
（Katakana）イリョウジンルイガク

Subject Name in
English Medical Anthropology

Instructor MATSUSHIMA TAKESHI

Instructor
(Katakana) マツシマ　タケシ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Thur5-8：IAS K107

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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lecture, group work

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 11 : Cultural Anthropology

Eligible Students

Keywords illness, disease, well-being, healing, magic/witchcraft, shamanism, psychiatry, PTSD, trauma, planetary health
SDG_01, SDG_03, SDG_08, SDG_11, SDG_16

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Being sick and trying to heal it is an integral part of human life as a living organism. In this class, students will learn about the basic ideas of medical anthropology, which attempts to view issues surrounding disease and medicine within the context of human history, cultural diversity, and the complex dynamism of society. By understanding these ideas, we aim to gain a new perspective on our health and illness in a way that is not limited to biomedicine.

Class Schedule 1: Introduction: thinking disease and health anthropologically
2: Biomedicine and specific etiology
3: Pioneers of medical anthropology
4: Basic concepts of  medical anthropology
5: Witchcraft, oracle and magic among the Azande
6: Witchcraft, oracle and magic among the Azande
7: Belief and reality
8: Curing and healing
9: Shamanism and Culture-bound Syndrome
10: Trauma as cultural idiom of distress
11: Anthropology of PTSD
12: Psychiatry in Italy and Japan
13: Collectif and diverse health
14: Planetary health
15: Multispecies Health Care system

Text/Reference
Books,etc. 参考書
澤野美智子（編） 2018『医療人類学を学ぶための60冊―医療を通して「当たり前」を問い直そう』明石書店
アーサー・クラインマン 2021『臨床人類学―文化のなかの病者と治療者』弘文堂
　　　　　　　　　　　 1996『病いの語り―慢性の病いをめぐる臨床人類学』誠信書房
バイロン・J・グッド 2001『医療・合理性・経験―バイロン・グッドの医療人類学講義』誠信書房
E.E.エヴァンズ＝プリチャード 2001『アザンデ人の世界―妖術・託宣・呪術』みすず書房
アラン・ヤング 2001『PTSDの医療人類学』みすず書房
松嶋健 2014『プシコナウティカ―イタリア精神医療の人類学』世界思想社
田中雅一・松嶋健（編） 2018『トラウマを生きる―トラウマ研究1』京都大学学術出版会
　　　　　　　　　　　 2019『トラウマを共有する―トラウマ研究2』京都大学学術出版会
浜田明範・西真如他（編） 2021『新型コロナウイルス感染症と人類学―パンデミックとともに考える』水声社
S.マイヤーズ・H.フラムキン（編） 2022『プラネタリーヘルス―私たちと地球の未来のために』長崎大学監訳丸善出版

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review 1-4 Study the anthropological way of thinking about disease, illness and health
5-7 Understand magic and witchcraft
8-9 Learn differences in cure and healing
10-11 Study the genealogy of “Trauma” and PTSD
12-13 Learn psychiatry in Italy and Japan
14-15 Human health and planetary health

Requirements

Grading Method Class discussion and assignments 70%
Final paper 30%

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ASF22001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	医療人類学
Subject Name （Katakana）	イリョウジンルイガク
Subject Name in English	Medical Anthropology
Instructor	MATSUSHIMA TAKESHI
Instructor (Katakana)	マツシマ　タケシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Thur5-8：IAS K107
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
lecture, group work
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	11 : Cultural Anthropology
Eligible Students
Keywords	illness, disease, well-being, healing, magic/witchcraft, shamanism, psychiatry, PTSD, trauma, planetary health SDG_01, SDG_03, SDG_08, SDG_11, SDG_16
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Being sick and trying to heal it is an integral part of human life as a living organism. In this class, students will learn about the basic ideas of medical anthropology, which attempts to view issues surrounding disease and medicine within the context of human history, cultural diversity, and the complex dynamism of society. By understanding these ideas, we aim to gain a new perspective on our health and illness in a way that is not limited to biomedicine.
Class Schedule	1: Introduction: thinking disease and health anthropologically 2: Biomedicine and specific etiology 3: Pioneers of medical anthropology 4: Basic concepts of medical anthropology 5: Witchcraft, oracle and magic among the Azande 6: Witchcraft, oracle and magic among the Azande 7: Belief and reality 8: Curing and healing 9: Shamanism and Culture-bound Syndrome 10: Trauma as cultural idiom of distress 11: Anthropology of PTSD 12: Psychiatry in Italy and Japan 13: Collectif and diverse health 14: Planetary health 15: Multispecies Health Care system
Text/Reference Books,etc.	参考書澤野美智子（編） 2018『医療人類学を学ぶための60冊―医療を通して「当たり前」を問い直そう』明石書店アーサー・クラインマン 2021『臨床人類学―文化のなかの病者と治療者』弘文堂　　　　　　　　　　　 1996『病いの語り―慢性の病いをめぐる臨床人類学』誠信書房バイロン・J・グッド 2001『医療・合理性・経験―バイロン・グッドの医療人類学講義』誠信書房 E.E.エヴァンズ＝プリチャード 2001『アザンデ人の世界―妖術・託宣・呪術』みすず書房アラン・ヤング 2001『PTSDの医療人類学』みすず書房松嶋健 2014『プシコナウティカ―イタリア精神医療の人類学』世界思想社田中雅一・松嶋健（編） 2018『トラウマを生きる―トラウマ研究1』京都大学学術出版会　　　　　　　　　　　 2019『トラウマを共有する―トラウマ研究2』京都大学学術出版会浜田明範・西真如他（編） 2021『新型コロナウイルス感染症と人類学―パンデミックとともに考える』水声社 S.マイヤーズ・H.フラムキン（編） 2022『プラネタリーヘルス―私たちと地球の未来のために』長崎大学監訳丸善出版
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	1-4 Study the anthropological way of thinking about disease, illness and health 5-7 Understand magic and witchcraft 8-9 Learn differences in cure and healing 10-11 Study the genealogy of “Trauma” and PTSD 12-13 Learn psychiatry in Italy and Japan 14-15 Human health and planetary health
Requirements
Grading Method	Class discussion and assignments 70% Final paper 30%
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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