Healing the World
GENED 1212
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Description
How have people understood and managed human health in the past?
This class takes an interdisciplinary approach to the long history of how people have struggled and coped with illness and death. We will move from patients to healers to societies to ask: How have people understood and managed human health and disease in the past? How have they judged individual and societal responsibility for caregiving? How might we think with and against these historical examples to imagine health care for the future? Drawing on historical case studies from across time and around the globe, with an emphasis on Europe and the United States, we will analyze the challenges inherent in healing the world. The course will prompt students to better understand their own position as future patients, healers, and members of society. Students will: become grounded in content through lectures; enhance their understanding of themes and methods through readings, supported by a reading lab; reflect on themes related to their daily lives in their journal; debate and deepen their understanding through discussion sections; and define and defend their positions in midterms and a final examination.
Class Notes
Sectioning for this course will take place during Add/Drop. Once you have enrolled in the course and the placeholder (“DIS”) section, please rank your section preferences by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, November 20. To do this, click on the cog icon next to the Gen Ed course in your Crimson Cart. You will then be prompted to rank the section times. Once we have your ranking, we will do our best to find you a seat in your highest-ranked available section.
Instructions on how to rank sections can be found here: https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=3f5cdb41dbfd4bc4a752f1a51d9619a1
If none of the times work for you, you are welcome to not set any preferences and remain in the placeholder for the time being. However, please note that if enrollment does not significantly change during Add/Drop, no additional sections will be added and you will ultimately need to enroll in an available section or drop the course.
Not Available for Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
