HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Deaf Culture, Neurodiversity, No Type
27 Feb 2017
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Put theoretical into practical form (ex. example how this concept works in real world) (2 hours long; short answer & multiple choice) Soical context defines if they are illnesses, sin, criminality, normal. Health and illness are not objective, stable categories with de ned and agreed meaning. Change shape over time, over geography, over micro communities, etc. to respond to social context (called social constructions) Health and illness are not universal, permanent, natural and objective categories. De ned as being ill = saying it is undesirable and need to be changed/helped. De ned as healthy = lets protect and keep that in place) Categories that have been socially constructed (not a meaningful category) Race does not exist in biological data; are uid and change over time and from place to place. Homosexuality - sin - mental illness - sexuality. Same sex used to be understood as a sin, against nature, deviant (also in relation to religion)
