Health in culture - interdisciplinary introduction to critical health studies 3002-KON2024K1

Knowledge
The student participating in the course knows and understands:
- the relationship of such categories as "health" and " illness" or "norm" and "pathology" to their specific socio-cultural context
- the basic models of health and illness as well as doctor-patient relationships distinctive to the Western culture along with their correspondence to the modes of social life organization
- the possibilities of applying a critical perspective to analyze present day social issues

Skills
The student is able to
- apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the course to analyze cultural phenomena related to health and illness from a critical perspective during individual and group work
- take part in discussions using the knowledge gained from the texts read

Social competencies
The student is ready to:
- participate in discussions on issues of health and illness in a way that takes the other person's subjectivity as well as the group's diversity into account
- read academic texts independently, which includes context-reflexivity and verification of references
- work in a team on a chosen problem based on the discussed text

1. The basic requirement for successful completion of the semester is participation in classes. Any absences must be justified with the lecturer. The student is allowed to have two justified or unexcused absences per semester. The student with three to five absences per semester is required to catch up with those during the lecturer's duty. Absences (even justified!) for over five classes will result in non-admission to pass the course - only persons granted with Individual Study Plan on the basis of BON's feedback may have an increased limit of absences, however, not more than 50%.

2.The grade will be based on activity during the classes such as participating in discussions or contributing to group discussions (50%) and on the basis of a presentation prepared in the selected formula ( verbal statement, PowerPoint, a presentation posted on the Classroom platform, etc.) or other form, as approved by the lecturer, applying the course materials to interpret a chosen research question (50%).

3. Student's estimated workload: 3 ECTS (90h) - participation in classes 30h (1 ECTS), preparation for classes 30h (1 ECTS), preparation for final project 30h (1 ECTS);

4. The use of artificial intelligence tools in presentations is determined by the provisions of § 3 and 4 of Resolution No. 98 of the University Education Council dated December 8, 2023.
Given the fact that one of the basic skills acquired in the courses of study organized at the Faculty of Polish Studies is the efficient and professional use of written Polish, especially the academic style, the use of artificial intelligence systems for proofreading and text editing as well as text and slide production is prohibited.

All texts will be provided as scans. The complete reading list will be presented at the beginning of the semester.

Blaxter M. (2008), Zdrowie, przeł. M. Okła, Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa [selected]
Brown, R.C.H., Maslen, M, Savulescu, J. (2019) Against Moral Responsibilisation of Health: Prudential Responsibility and Health Promotion, Public Health Ethics, (12)2, p. 114–129
Gearin, A. K., & Devenot, N. (2021). Psychedelic medicalization, public discourse, and the morality of ego dissolution. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 24(6), p. 917-935
Getzen, T. (2000) Ekonomika zdrowia. Teoria i praktyka. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN [selected]
Grue, J. (2016), The social meaning of disability: a reflection on categorisation, stigma and identity. Sociology of Health and Illness (38), p. 957-964
Jutel, A. (2009), Sociology of diagnosis: a preliminary review. Sociology of Health & Illness 31, s. 278-299
Kilger, M., Pérez Aronsson, F. (2024) “You were born into this world an intuitive eater”: Healthism and self-transformative practices on social media, Food and Foodways, 32(1), p. 1-21
Kleinman, A. (1986) Concepts and a Model for the Comparison of Medical Systems as Cultural Systems [in:] Concepts of Health, Illness and Disease (2020) Caroline Currer, Meg Stacey (ed.), p.. 95 – 137
Lupton, D. (2012) Medicine as Culture. Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies, 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [selected]
Lupton, D. (2019) ‘It’s made me a lot more aware’: a new materialist analysis of health self-tracking. Media International Australia, 171(1), p. 66-79
Łuków, P. (2021) Modele relacji lekarz-pacjent. Instytut Praw Pacjenta i Edukacji Zdrowotnej, https://ippez.pl/modele-relacji-lekarz-pacjent-pawel-lukow/ [accessed: 18.01.2023]
McLellan, F. (2007) Medicalisation: a medical nemesis. Lancet 369(9562), p. 627-628
Moncrieff, J. et al. (2022). The serotonin theory of depression: A systematic umbrella review of the evidence. Molecular Psychiatry, 28(8), p. 1-14
Murawiec, S. (2004) Lek jako obiekt relacji — opis przypadku. Psychiatria Polska 38, p. 707–717
Pope, C. (2003) Resisting Evidence: The Study of Evidence-Based Medicine as a Contemporary Social Movement. Health 7(3), p. 267-282
Roudinesco, E. (2014) Po co psychoanaliza? Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej [selected]
Sadler, J. Z., et al. (2009) Can medicalization be good? Situating medicalization within bioethics. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 30, p. 411–425

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