Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Timothy Lynch
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The unit offers an introduction to medical anthropology and cross-cultural beliefs relating to illness and healing. Different notions about disease causality are examined, as well as the way in which disease has social as well as biological origins. Healing practices, including Western biomedicine, are treated as being inevitably predicated on cultural systems of understanding. Specific topics include the abnormal, culture bound syndromes, body techniques, witchcraft, shamanism, placebos and the 'meaning effect', discipline, social suffering, illness narratives, the relationship between illness and social experience, clinical encounters and changing concepts of mental health.
All enrolment queries should be directed to Open Universities Australia (OUA): see www.open.edu.au
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.open.edu.au/student-admin-and-support/key-dates/
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Essay | 40% | No | Sunday Week 8 |
Book Review | 10% | No | Sunday Week 11 |
Exam | 40% | No | Sunday 'Week 14' |
Weekly Participation | 10% | No | Weekly and Sunday Week 13 |
Due: Sunday Week 8
Weighting: 40%
Essay length: 2000 words. Essay questions will relate to topics covered in the first half of the session (that is, Weeks 1-7), and will be distributed early in the session. Selected bibliographies will be provided with each question but because there is so much literature on cross-cultural issues of health, students are also encouraged to utilise material of their own finding. Any use of internet sources must be referenced accordingly.
Due: Sunday Week 11
Weighting: 10%
Students are required to write a summary of the key insights gained from two chapters from the assigned text And The Spirit Catches You. Summaries will be graded from 0-10 but will not be returned with comments. Minimum length (total) is 250 words, maximum (total) is 500 words.
Due: Sunday 'Week 14'
Weighting: 40%
Exam questions will be posted on the MONDAY of ‘Week 14’ (that is the week FOLLOWING WEEK 13), and your exam answers must be submitted by 5pm on the SUNDAY of that week. The exam will consist of a choice of questions that link together topics covered in the second half of the session (i.e. Weeks 8-13). Each student will be required to answer the questions by writing 2 short essays (maximum 1000 words each). The final exam is in essay format and it is open-book. You must reference your exam as you would reference any academic essay.
Due: Weekly and Sunday Week 13
Weighting: 10%
Students will participate discussions and other activities on weekly forums. These will relate to relevant topics and themes of the course. Participation must be regular and thoughtful. Students will submit what they consider to be their two best discussion posts in Week 13. They will receive 5% of their mark for their participation in general, and 5% for their two best contributions as submitted.
The required readings for each week, as well as many other relevant readings, are available on Macquarie University Library’s eReserve for ANTX202.
Students will need to obtain a copy of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (1997) by Anne Fadiman. These are widely available, include on-line. Online units can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/ PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
The University recognises that students may experience events or conditions that adversely affect their academic performance. If you experience serious and unavoidable difficulties at exam time or when assessment tasks are due, you can consider applying for Special Consideration.
You need to show that the circumstances:
If you feel that your studies have been impacted submit an application as follows:
Outcome
Once your submission is assessed, an appropriate outcome will be organised.
You can withdraw from your subjects prior to the census date (last day to withdraw). If you successfully withdraw before the census date, you won’t need to apply for Special Circumstances. If you find yourself unable to withdraw from your subjects before the census date - you might be able to apply for Special Circumstances. If you’re eligible, we can refund your fees and overturn your fail grade.
If you’re studying Single Subjects using FEE-HELP or paying up front, you can apply online.
If you’re studying a degree using HECS-HELP, you’ll need to apply directly to Macquarie University.
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