Dienstag
04
MAI

17.15 Uhr

Medical Anthropology Forum - SoSe 2021

Towards a Theory of Embodied Value

Stefan Ecks (University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science)

How should anthropology theorize "value"? In the Boasian tradition, cultures were seen as unique patterns of values. With the rise of practice theory in the 1960s, the idea of values as shared ethos became problematic: cultural values (plural) seemed incommensurable with exchange-based value (singular). Here I argue that values and value can be brought together within an embodied value theory (EVT). At the core of this new theory of value is embodied life as the ground and goal of valuing. Life values living, and life tries to make the most of life by valuing different possibilities. I show that all valuing rests on comparisons, and that the infinite similarities between different entities can only be decided in pragmatic contexts. I propose that biocommensurations, where at least one entity in a comparison is alive, is the universal form of valuing.

Streaming / Video URL

https://zoom.us/j/94820308560?pwd=TnRhc2F0aEQvcXdwTlJhV2xTQzVCZz09

Homepage Veranstaltung

https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/ethno/mahassa/index.php?language=de&page=medicalAntWorkGroup

Veranstalter

Südasien-Institut

Homepage Veranstalter

https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/

Anmeldung E-Mail

vasiliki.kosmidis@sai.uni-heidelberg.de

Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'Medical Anthropology Forum - Sommersemester 2021':

This is a forum for students, researchers and everyone who is interested in the study of health and illness in different cultural/social settings. We host senior students and scholars who present their current research projects. The aim is to discuss and analyze new theories and themes of medical anthropology and to learn more about international developments in the area of culture, health , and healthcare.

Dienstag, 04. Mai 2021, 17.15 Uhr

Medical Anthropology Forum - SoSe 2021

Stefan Ecks (University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science)

Dienstag, 18. Mai 2021, 17.15 Uhr

Ayurvedic Psychiatry, Medical Pluralism and the Movement for Global Mental Health

Prof. Dr. Murphy Halliburton, The City University of New York (USA), Department of Anthropology

Dienstag, 15. Juni 2021, 17.15 Uhr

Ecological Anxiety and Grief Across Generations in Britain

Dr. Bridget Bradley, University of St Andrews (UK), Department of Social Anthropology

Dienstag, 29. Juni 2021, 17.15 Uhr

Craving to be Heard But not Seen - Chatbots, Care and the Encoded Mental Health Universalism

Privatdozentin Dr. Claudia Lang, Universität Leipzig, Institut für Ethnologie

Dienstag, 13. Juli 2021, 16.15 Uhr

Locating the Missing Person in Personalized Medicine and Psychiatrie

Prof. Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer, McGill University (Canada), Division od Social and Transcultural Psychiatry