Course
Course 7.5 credits • SASH61
In this course, you will explore health, lifestyle, and medicine through cultural and ethnographic perspectives. The course discusses different urgent societal issues relating to illness, diagnosis and well-being in contemporary and historical societies.
This course covers topics like the body, illness experiences, disability, ethics, and the new health economy from a cultural perspective. The course is grounded in current research in ethnology, medical anthropology, and cultural studies. You will discuss issues related to different cases, for example, the doctor-patient encounter, living with chronic illness, controversial biotechnological diagnoses and treatments,and discourses on risk and responsibility. Through lectures, seminars, and group exercises, you will gain a theoretical understanding of how identity, class, gender, ethnicity, and age affect medical treatments and lifestyle patterns. By the end of the course, you will have a deeper understanding of the cultural dimensions of illness and health.
Study period:
spring semester 2026
Type of studies:
part time, 33 %,
day
Study period:
2026-03-06 – 2026-05-29
Language of instruction:
English
Eligibility:
General requirements for university studies in Sweden
Application code:
LU-E1005
Application code:
LU-70502
Introductory meeting: Friday, 6 March at 9.15 – 12.00 in LUX:B152
Teachers:
Mats Arvidson,
Lars-Eric Jönsson,
Max Liljefors
Introductory meeting
Spring semester 2026
Friday, 6 Marchat 9.15 – 12.00
in LUX:B152
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Spring semester 2026
Late application
Open for late application