University of Bristol

This course examines key concepts of well-being and livelihoods and provides a grounding in the principle issues of medical and applied anthropology, population, and health studies. Topics include health and nutrition, population and the demographic challenge, migration and refugees, well-being, disease and illness, and poverty and inequality. Students examine concepts of well-being and livelihoods, from social and biological perspectives, and at the local and global scale. Students study the principal biological and cultural influences upon well-being and livelihood, and locate these in their broader economic, social, and ecological context. The course demonstrates how the traditional anthropological focus on the local community and small-scale society can be applied to the wider national and international picture of well-being. The course also surveys methodologies used in the fields of applied and medical anthropology, demography, and population studies.

This course examines plays and performances produced in a range of colonial and postcolonial contexts. By introducing key theories of postcolonialism, it explores the strategies of power that are wielded by colonizing nations, and demonstrates how theater has been used within various cultures as a tool for resistance.