Ethics, Epistemology, and Engagement: Encountering Values in Medical Anthropology

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe would like to thank the lecturers and participants of the Berlin Summer School on “Well-Being at the Margins” in July 2013, particularly Anita Hardon, Claire Beaudevin, and Lenore Manderson. Their critical input on ethics, methods and values inspired this special issue. Furthermore, Hansjörg Dilger thanks the students who participated in his seminars on “Ethics, Morality, and Positionality” at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Vienna for stimulating discussions.Additional informationNotes on contributorsHansjörg DilgerHANSJÖRG DILGER is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology with a specialization in medical anthropology and the anthropology of religion. He is also Head of the Research Area Medical Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin. He is currently working on institutionalization processes and subject formation in Christian and Muslim schools in Dar es Salaam.Susann HuschkeSUSANN HUSCHKE received her PhD in social and cultural anthropology (Freie Universität Berlin) in 2012 and is currently Research Fellow at the Institute of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen’s University Belfast (UK). In her PhD research (2008-2010), she critically analyzed how illegalization affects the health and well-being of undocumented Latin American labor migrants in Berlin. Her current research focuses on sex work in Northern Ireland, particularly on the policy discourse, hegemonic moralities and stigma.Dominik MattesDOMINIK MATTES is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin. His doctoral research focuses on social dynamics within the public HIV/AIDS treatment program in Tanzania and the impact of antiretroviral treatment on patients’ and their families’ lifeworlds, conceptualizations of ‘healing’, and the more general discourse of HIV/AIDS. His research interests include anthropology of biomedicine, global health politics, health and migration, and intersubjectivity.