David Scheper-Hughes

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Anthropologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Arthur_Kleinman
gptkb:Paul_Farmer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Francisco
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Margaret_Mead_Award
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:birthYear 1951
gptkbp:contribution Public health advocacy
Collaboration with NGOs
Research on health disparities
Advocacy for marginalized communities
Humanitarian interventions
Publications in academic journals
Participation in conferences
Research on maternal and child health
Interdisciplinary approaches to health
Advancing medical anthropology
Analysis of cultural practices in health
Critical perspectives on globalization
Critique of biomedical models
Engagement with policy-making
Ethical considerations in anthropology
Ethnographic studies of poverty
Social justice in health research
Teaching and mentoring in anthropology
Cultural_critiques_of_health_systems
Fieldwork_in_Brazil
gptkbp:field Anthropology
gptkbp:gender Male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Scheper-Hughes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Erving_Goffman
gptkb:Pierre_Bourdieu
gptkb:Victor_Turner
gptkb:Marilyn_Strathern
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Margaret_Mead
gptkb:Clifford_Geertz
gptkbp:knownFor Cultural anthropology
Medical anthropology
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork Death Without Weeping
The_Primacy_of_the_Ethical
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:researchFocus Global health
Human rights
Childhood malnutrition
Social suffering