HIST 050. Healing in the Black Atlantic

How have Black healers and communities conceived of health and healing throughout history? How has healing exceeded notions of individual physical well-being to include political action, collective care, spirituality, and social cohesion? Notions of health and healing and healing practices in the “Black Atlantic” (inclusive of Africa and the Americas) from the era of slavery to the present are the focus of this course.
Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality; Science, Medicine, and Environment
Social sciences.
Writing course.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST, LALS. Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality; Science, Medicine, and Environment
Fall 2024. Mitchell.
Spring 2026. Mitchell.
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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