Indigenous concepts of health and healing in Andean populations : understanding the relevance of traditional medicine in a changing world / Elizabeth Currie and John Schofield.

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Taylor & Francis Link
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ISBN
9781040110461 electronic book
1040110460 electronic book
9781003407614 electronic book
1003407617 electronic book
9781040110522 electronic book
1040110525 electronic book
9781032526362 hardcover
9781032526379 paperback
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yazar
Currie, Elizabeth J., Link
Yayın Bilgisi
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
©2025
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages) : illustrations, map
İçindekiler Notu
Background, Aims, Approaches and Methodology -- The Study Area. Demographics and Health Indicators -- Healing Cosmology and Traditions in the Northern Andes -- Survey Results -- Indigenous Identity and Historical Consciousness -- The Evolution of Indigenous Identity and 'Empowerment' in Ecuador -- Building the Bridge. A Discussion of the Evidence -- Modelling Health Beliefs in Traditional Populations. Culturally Integrative Models of Care Provision : The Study Region -- The Tale of Juana Icha : A Trial by Three Models. The Psychological Impact of Evangelisation -- From Bridge to Policy and Practice Guidance -- Some Final Thoughts on Heritage Discourses.
Özet, vb.
"This book uses archaeology and ethnohistory to explore the evidence for the survival of ancestral beliefs and practices related to health and healing in Indigenous Andean communities. The authors argue that through determining the nature of the survival of beliefs around health and healing important insights are gained into how people develop adaptive strategies for survival, not just existing, but in a way that allows a continuity of identity and integrity. The book works through various stages of research to arrive at its conclusions. Firstly, through archaeology and ethnohistory it establishes a 'baseline' of key ancestral (pre-European) Indigenous Andean beliefs related to health, illness and healing. It then proceeds to review the evidence for the survival of these ancestral beliefs and practices related to Indigenous pre-European Andean epistemologies and ontologies. Analysing the results of the first two sections the final part reflects on the narratives around ancestral beliefs and practices and how they influence lived experience in the contemporary world. In essence, this book deals with the question "How do people manage change?" a universal question relevant to humanity at any time and stresses the need to recognise the significance of cultural diversity, intangible heritage and plurality. This interdisciplinary study is for researchers in ethnohistory, anthropology, medical anthropology, archaeology, history, heritage and Indigenous studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
MEDICINE (Project)
Indians of South America __ Medicine __ Andes Region.
Indians of South America __ Health and hygiene __ Andes Region.
Traditional medicine __ Andes Region.
Cultural property __ Andes Region.
Traditional medicine __ Ecuador.
Cultural property __ Ecuador.
Diğer Yazarlar
Schofield, A. J. (Arthur John), 1962- Link
Veritabanı
Taylor & Francis
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