Essay #1 In Rethinking Medical Anthropology: How Anthropology is Failing Medicine, Colin B. Hemmings discusses the importance of medical anthropology. He argues that the insights gained through anthropological study have not been properly applied to the field of medicine and explores ways in which this can be changed. In your essay, describe how you have understood this text. In particular, think about the ‘intellectual processes’ involved in your reading of the text. Reflect on what you found difficult or challenging as you tried to understand its content. What questions or problems did you experience in this process? As you reflect on the ‘intellectual processes’ through which you have tried to understand the text, explore the problems or questions you encountered by searching for relevant sources and material which could help you contextualize the reading and arrive at a more complete understanding of the topic.
