Working Group Medical Anthropology I Global Health
The working group consists of staff members and PhD students of the Institute of Anthropology and affiliated medical anthropologists. In the regular meetings and workshops, current research projects in medical anthropology are discussed and theoretical questions are further developed. Participation in the meetings (every second Thursday 18:00-20:00) and workshops is by arrangement with Prof. Hansjörg Dilger (contact: hansjoerg.dilger@berlin.de). Appointment coordination via Marcos Andrade Neves (contact: marcos.fan@fu-berlin.de)
Dates summer term 2025
| 15.05. | Josephine Stark & Stefan Reinsch (Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg – Theodor Fontane) | “Childhood experiences and reproductive decision-making in people with Cystic Fibrosis in Germany” |
| 22.05. | Claudia Pontow & Mara Mühleck (Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg – Theodor Fontane) | "Social practice-perspectives on health literacy – An ethnographic study on parental health practices" |
| 12.06. | TBA | TBA |
| 19.06. (in-person) | Julia Hornberger (Wits University) | "We might as well be nurses” – some thoughts on the policing of health crises in Johannesburg and elsewhere |
| 26.06. (in-person) | Max Schnepf (FU Berlin) and Daniel Demant (University of Technology Sydney) | "Generations of PrEP and the Spectres of HIV/AIDS" |
| 10.07. | Beatriz Aragon (University of St Andrews) | Book proposal |
| 17.07. | Nasima Selim | "Conspiring Cities: Breathing Lessons from Urban South Asia" |
