Global Health in the Time of Violence
Contemporary Issues Seminar
October 5-6, 2006
Co-chaired by Paul Farmer, The Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Barbara Rylko-Bauer, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University; and Linda Whiteford, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, October 5-6, 2006
What are the prospects for human health in a world threatened by disease and violence? Since World War II, at least 160 wars have erupted around the globe. Over 24 million people have died in these conflicts. Others have experienced significant health trauma from these and other forms of violence. To address this issue, SAR has invited ten global health scholars and practitioners to examine the impact of structural, military, and communal violence on health, psychosocial well being, and health care delivery. Participants will explore alternative global health paradigms that situate health policies and practices within the fields of violence that define our modern world. By framing global health in terms of the nature, scale, pervasiveness and ubiquity of violence, this seminar will further our understanding of this critical issue and provide insights that can be used to develop more effective policies and programs.
To learn more about this topic, you are invited to attend a special lecture by Paul Farmer on October 5, 2006. Seminar participants will present their findings in April 2007 at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Tampa, Florida. The capstone volume will appear in the School’s Advanced Seminar Series from SAR Press.
This seminar is sponsored by the Dobkin Family Foundation.
