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You will study how anthropologists engage with the various design disciplines. The early stages of the course cover processes and products of...

This module explores how we interact with the phenomenon pain as humans, clinicians and scientists. Although pain is universal, we begin by reevaluating the...

This module explores how we interact with the phenomenon pain as humans, clinicians and scientists. Although pain is universal, we begin by reevaluating the complexity and subjectivity inherent to any pain experience and explore how that impacts our shared language for describing that experience. This is developed by exploring how culture impacts how we experience pain and whether minority groups have a different pain experience. Then from subjectivity we turn to objectivity as we explore EBM and clinical research as routes to understanding pain. Finally, bringing all themes together we ask how we can meet the challenge of the National Pain Audit and design services that truly meet the needs of people living with pain.

Food is fundamental to survival and a powerful lens with which to view social realities. Social groups are reproduced by activities such as eating together...

Food is fundamental to survival and a powerful lens with which to view social realities. Social groups are reproduced by activities such as eating together whilst food practices are constrained by inequitable access to material resources and subject to intense moral scrutiny. This course provides a broad introduction to the study of food and eating in the social sciences, particularly sociology and anthropology, and why they are now high on many countries’ policy agendas. Taking an historical and international approach, students will explore innovative social scientific contributions to the study of global challenges including dietary health, food poverty and sustainability.

For affiliate students at UCL in Term 1 only. Knowledge of Russian is required.

This module introduces students to the major poets and themes of the Russian...