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Mind, Medicine, Body, and Culture Series

ten Hoor 21

Biocultural anthropologists, MMBAC (Mind, Medicine, Body, and Culture series) schedule for the semester is as follows: FEB 3 MARCH 3 APRIL 7 MAY 5 10am room 21 If you are interested in leading any of the sessions with a relevant journal article, conference presentation, or manuscript contact one of us.

Featured Featured Event Series Rebecca Lester: “‘Fat’ is Not a Feeling: Eating Disorders, Affective Practice, and Cultures of Scarcity”

Rebecca Lester: “‘Fat’ is Not a Feeling: Eating Disorders, Affective Practice, and Cultures of Scarcity”

257 ten Hoor Hall

Dr. Rebecca Lester will be visiting UA from Wednesday, February 15 until Friday, February 17. Please be sure to mark your calendars for her lecture that will be on Thursday, February 16 from 3:30-5:00pm in 257 ten Hoor Hall. Attached is her working itinerary. Most of Friday is available for anyone interested in meeting with

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Dr. Rob Wallace: “Bird flu, Ebola, and Zika: When Evolution Meets Political Economy”

30 ten Hoor 350 Marrs Spring Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Our economy is transforming planet Earth into planet Farm. Agribusiness’s impact extends to the deadliest of diseases. Ebola and Zika both recently re-emerged when logging, mining, and intensive agriculture opened up neotropical forests to their escape. There are other pathogens evolving more directly off megafarms. We can model such connections, but there are broader implications

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Clarence C. Gravlee: “Sick of Race: How Racism Harms Health and Misleads Medicine.”

111 ten Hoor

Clarence C. Gravlee, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida and the immediate past editor of the flagship journal of Medical Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly. He is widely known for his research regarding social inequality in health, with a particular focus on the effects of racism. He is recipient of the Rudolph Virchow Award