GEOG125 HM - Geographies of Disease and Health Justice

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Seitz

Description: This course examines the uneven geographical distribution of disease and health, the spatial, social, and political processes that shape that uneven distribution, and some of the ways in which differently marginalized people contest health inequalities and the power relations that generate them. The course introduces a set of core concepts and theories around economic, racial, environmental and reproductive (in)justice, which help to put disease and health into geographical, historical, and political-economic context. It also introduces some of the health justice movements that have sought to address these concerns.

HSA Course Area(s): American Studies; Geography; Gender Studies; Science, Technology, & Society
HSA Writing Intensive: Yes