College Bulletin 2026-2027 
    
    Oct 08, 2026  
College Bulletin 2026-2027

HIST 050. Healing in the Black Atlantic


Cross-Listed with BLST 054B

 
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 Eligible for GLBL-paired, GSST, LALS. Concentrations: Gender and Sexuality; Science, Medicine, and Environment
Catalog chapter: History  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history


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