Amongst the anthropologists
05/02/24From November 15-19, the 2023 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting took place where many North American and international anthropologists gathered, this time in Toronto, Canada.
Anna was part of a panel discussion on the topic “Critical Engagements with Design and Designers in Medical Anthropology”. Anna’s paper was titled “Crafting medicine: ethnographic engagements with design in medical schools”.
Anna’s research paper, spanning a decade of ethnography in various medical schools, explored the crafting of learning materials in healthcare education, emphasizing improvisation, embodied knowledge, and sustainability. This work contributes to critical medical anthropology by addressing the ethical dimensions of object circulation in clinical learning sites. Anna proposed in her paper that focusing on the making of learning materials offers a unique perspective on medical bodies.