Rethinking health: knowledge, care and resistance

Seminar 1942

Chair: CLACSO
Coordination: Susana de Noronha, Ana Raquel Matos and João Arriscado Nunes (Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Home: 12 / 08 / 2019 | Registration: 04/02/2019 al 09/08/2019

Workload: 12 weeks – 90 hours.

Payment methods
If you have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:

Paying in one payment: USD 95 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).

If you have a link with a Network or Institution Associated with CLACSO:

Paying in one payment: USD 140 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).

If you do NOT have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:

Paying in one payment BEFORE 02/08/2019: USD 150 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
Paying in one payment: USD 190 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).

Course presentation:
This seminar is structured around the theme of health, encompassing the many representations of well-being, illness, medicine(s), therapy, care, and cure, as well as the diverse knowledge, practices, and voices emerging from the Global South—geographically, geopolitically, and epistemologically—focused on a more dignified life and a more comprehensive and heterogeneous understanding. The narrative expressions, struggles, and movements of citizens, patients, therapists, caregivers, researchers, and activists, their demands, resistance strategies, and successes, serve as the starting point, connecting the teaching team in their various reflections, all framed within the conceptual matrix of "Epistemologies of the South." This seminar aims to rethink health, opening up reflection through the intersection of embodied, performative, scientific, and artistic knowledge, learning from academia, activism, imagination, and lived experience.

FAQ

What do I need to take a CLACSO virtual seminar?

The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:

Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
Internet access.
Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages are Spanish and Portuguese.

What is the length of a CLACSO virtual seminar? What is the total number of hours?

The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. A total of 90 hours of dedication will be credited.

What is the work modality and dynamics?

A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.