Week | Theme/Topic | Readings | Notes/comments | |
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1 | An introduction to the notion of risk | Smuckler and Rose "Anticipation": from The Anthropology of the Future (Bryant and Knight | ||
2 | Anthropological approaches to medicine, prediction and the future | Taussig (Potentiality) Lock (The Return of Divination) Evans-Pritcha rd (Withcraft Explains Unfortunate Events | ||
POLICY BRIEF FINAL ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES AND EXAMPLE https://www.idrc-crdi.ca/en/funding/resources-idrc-grantees/how-write-policy-brief?gad_source=1 | ||||
Additional resources that have come up: Pollock, race, genetics and medicine (e.g., BIDIL): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8548143/ Eugenics in Alberta: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-6443.2004.00237.x Lock (epigenetics and nature-nurture reunification): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01459740.2012.746973 |