Anthropology 290STB - Language and Health

What are the interconnections of language and health? Fusing two anthropological subfields, medical anthropology and linguistic anthropology, this course provides concepts, tools, and training to help students understand and analyze the interconnections between language, health, and wellbeing. The course begins by exploring how patients, medical professionals and others communicate in healthcare settings. From there, it expands to include language access and medical interpretation, public health and media communication, the role of technologies and the environment, and finally healing practices.