Aalyia Sadruddin
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
I am a cultural and medical anthropologist whose research focuses on aging, care, and intimate life in post-conflict settings, with a special focus on Rwanda.
Education
- B.A., University of the Witwatersrand
- M.A., University of the Witwatersrand
- Ph.D., Yale University
Current and upcoming courses
Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology
ANTH101
A comparative approach to the concept of culture and an analysis of how culture structures the worlds we live in. The course examines human societies from their tribal beginnings to the postindustrial age. We will consider the development of various types of social organization and their significance based on family and kinship, economics, politics, and religion.
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Care in a Frantic World
ANTH344
In this seminar, we engage with key scholarship in medical anthropology to explore the moral, gendered, bureaucratic, and technological complexities of care. Through readings, discussions, and assignments from diverse settings, we challenge simplistic views that reduce care to a warm and fuzzy practice. As we will discover, care often entails darker dimensions: it can be violent, isolating, and painful. Rather than offering a one-sided perspective, our materials invite us to critically examine what it means to care in a world that is becoming increasingly frantic. (ANTH 344 and WGST 344 are cross-listed courses.)