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My dissertation research, centered in Reykjavík, Iceland, investigates the process of cadaver acquisition for anatomical and medical training in the early years of modern medical practice. This project is squarely situated between biological and cultural anthropology, combining both to gain a picture of who were used for dissections and medical research, ask why they were chosen, and ascertain what social and political policies promoted the targeting of members of certain social classes over others. I am then comparing this to contemporaneous data from the same time period in the United States.
