ANTH Medical and Applied Anthropology 2

Question 1

Paul Farmer's concept of 'structural violence' in medical anthropology refers to:

Accepted Answer

Social structures that harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs

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Physical violence perpetrated by government institutions

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Violence resulting from inadequate surgical infrastructure

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Conflict between traditional and modern medical systems

Question 2

What term describes the use of traditional plant-based remedies and the anthropological study of indigenous pharmaceutical knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Ethnopharmacology

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Phytotherapy

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Herbal anthropology

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Bioprospecting

Question 3

In medical anthropology, what is a 'culture-bound syndrome'?

Accepted Answer

A pattern of aberrant behavior specific to a particular cultural context

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A disease caused by cultural isolation

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A medical condition only diagnosed in Western medicine

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A syndrome caused by cultural assimilation stress

Question 4

What is 'syndemic theory,' developed by Merrill Singer?

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The interaction of two or more diseases that worsen each other within a social context

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The simultaneous spread of multiple diseases across global populations

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The genetic clustering of diseases within ethnic populations

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The cultural synchronization of illness and healing rituals

Question 5

Applied anthropologists working in international development and health often use what participatory method that involves community members in designing interventions?

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Participatory action research

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Rapid ethnographic assessment

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Structured observation

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Key informant interviewing

Question 6

Which landmark work by Margaret Lock introduced the concept of 'local biologies' to show how biology and culture co-produce bodily experiences like menopause differently across cultures?

Accepted Answer

Encounters with Aging (1993)

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The Woman in the Body (1987)

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Bodies and Persons (1998)

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1997)