ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Population Control, Ethnography, Intersex
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Lecture 11 medical anthropology: advocacy and activism. Embeddedness of medical anthropology in activism (206: feminism, hiv/aids, reproductive health, sexual rights, theory and practice as interconnected, parker"s trajectory anthropology phd, ford foundation hiv/aids, brazilian ministry of health. Australian aboriginal elder, artist and activist lilla watson. If you"ve come here to help me, you"re wasting your time. Anthropologists helped implement syringe exchange centres and programs instead. Shift from looking at population control to developing people"s rights. Population control: aggressive marketing of contraception, sterilizing. Later: research into reproductive and sexual health; rise in men"s health. Complications in globally discussion gay rights , when it is more complex and involves all of lgbttq sexual health as well. What are the challenges: yes; what"s the point of doing the research if you don"t use it, yes; anthropologists are good with discussions; meeting with policy makers.
