Anthropology of Health & the Body in the 21st Century MA – (M.A.)

What is the relationship between culture, health, and people's sense of wellbeing? Why do many aspects of our lives appear to be understood increasingly through the language of medicine? How is it that while there are extraordinary technical advances taking place, so many people turn to alternative therapies? Anthropology at Goldsmiths provides a unique intellectual environment in which to engage with these and many other relevant and pressing questions of our time. More broadly, issues around health and the body provide exciting and diverse ways of thinking about how we live, make meaning and act in the world.

You will take a core course that introduces the field of medical anthropology and subsequently consolidates themes through seminars and workshops which relate to your own areas of interest. In addition, you can choose from a wide range of option courses that are shared with other MA programmes.

You will build up a portfolio of work that will feed into a final dissertation based on your own research (usually fieldwork) which will allow you to develop and conceptualise your chosen topic within debates and material raised throughout the degree.