What is the name of our classroom space?
What is medical anthropology?
a subfield of anthropology that focuses on how history, economics, culture, and society impact health, illness, and healthcare practices.
All answers accepted
Give Julio a high five
What is the name of the app that Kimberly Seals Allers developed to help Black mothers?
Irth
The Hall of South American People is located on what floor?
2
What is Cultural Relativism?
The idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another.
Name one person in this class that has attended a protest
Athena, Obed, Noor (anyone else I failed to mention)
Name any of the other Lang educators.
Gio, Lev, Christine, Juanita, Sofia, Justin, Devin, Abigail
Does the active ingredient phenylephrine in medicine help clear nasal congestion?
No, In 2023, the FDA concluded that phenylephrine, an active ingredient in popular nasal decongestants works no better than a placebo in treating cold and allergy symptoms.
Every time we have class we meet at the _______ _______ Memorial Hall
Teddy Roosevelt Memorial Hall
What is Ethnocentrism?
judging other cultures based on the standards and values of your own culture, often leading to the perception of your own culture as superior or more valid.
Name one of the political organizations we learned about that fought for human/ medical rights. Bonus points if you can name both.
The Young Lords
The Black Panthers
______ is the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
NYC
What plant is anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and often used in tea?
Ginger
AMNH has removed human remains from public display due to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, also known as the acronym: ________
NAGPRA
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
What was is intersectionality?
the idea that different social categories, like race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability, overlap and influence each other
What happened at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx?
The Young Lords occupied the hospital in order to protest the city's indifference to the health needs of Puerto Rican and African American patients.
The Lenape
In the United States, Black women are ___ times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than anyone else.
5x
The Museum was founded in what year?
1869
What is Ethnopharmacology?
the study of traditional healing practices, medical beliefs, and indigenous medical systems within specific cultural contexts.
What is a direct action campaign?
A form of protest in which those taking part seek to achieve their goals through direct, often physical, action, rather than through negotiation or discussion.
Which state in the U.S. is only one syllable long?
Maine
In New York City, Black maternal mortality rate is ____ times that of white women.
12 times