Welcome on the AMMA website

On this website you will find general information about the Amsterdam Master's in Medical Anthropology program at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, its requirements and further useful information. You can also find other possibilities in the field of Medical Anthropology as organized by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

With kind regards,

The AMMA Staff

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Click here for information on the AMMA Winterschool 2012. For details on the courses and for downloading the form for Application see under Downloads.

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Doing and Living Medical Anthropology: Personal Reflections,
which has just appeared, is a selection of the papers that were presented at the the Amsterdam Master's of Medical Anthropology (AMMA) Jubilee Conference in 2007. The essays consider what medical anthropology means in the academy and outside of it. Written by a diverse group of anthropologists, some of whom also work as doctors, public health workers, and NGO staff members, the essays share personal insights on how they used anthropology to solve health problems and improve interventions.

Several of the contributors draw on their own illness experiences to reconsider the health challenges they have previously sought to understand, analyse, and document. Other essays come from authors who have struggled to incorporate anthropological methodologies and perspectives in multi-disciplinary research and medical relief work. Also included are essays from professional anthropologists who reflect on the value of their discipline’s missuion and methodology.

This collection demonstrates how anthropology is used in policy and health interventions and attempts to bridge the gaps between policymakers, clinicians, NGO workers, doctors, and academic researchers.

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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The Amsterdam Master’s in Medical Anthropology (AMMA)
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185 1012 DK Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 20-525 4779
Fax: (31) 20-525 3010
Email: amma-fmg@uva.nl
Homepage: www.fmg.uva.nl/amma