SOCY-475 Health and Rights In Transnational Perspective (3)

From the eugenics movement to reproductive health, the practice of biomedical research to access to treatment, the prevention of diseases to the containment of outbreaks, matters of health and issues of rights are intimately connected. At the heart of these issues are enduring patterns of power, privilege, and inequality, embedded in social, cultural, economic, political and global hierarchies, including those around race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social-economic status, and nationality. Through provocative readings and films, student-led facilitation, and individual and group-based projects oriented towards addressing structural inequalities, this course considers when, where, how and why matters of health and issues of rights intersect; historical influences on present-day issues at the nexus of health and rights; and the role of various institutions that inform the experience of health and rights. It further considers global power influences on issues of health and rights across borders as well as the differential experience of health and rights for historically marginalized populations throughout the world. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity.