Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien

Based on an ethnography on the practices and representations of health and disease in the Wounaan Amerindian society of the Colombian Pacific coast, we intend to determine the intercultural approach developed throughout the years 2008 to 2012 by health institutions, and regional and local government...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ffa3cab56bd9480cb0de7afd5ef9b6e92021-12-02T10:34:47ZEntre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.76165https://doaj.org/article/ffa3cab56bd9480cb0de7afd5ef9b6e92019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/76165https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252Based on an ethnography on the practices and representations of health and disease in the Wounaan Amerindian society of the Colombian Pacific coast, we intend to determine the intercultural approach developed throughout the years 2008 to 2012 by health institutions, and regional and local government in the City of Buenaventura.Unable to introduce substantial modifications according to the expectations of this indigenous society, institutional planners and public officers explain the difficulties in the implementation of their programs or biomedical interventions according to the native populations of an unthinkable predilection for shaman therapy and its modalities of "traditional" disease treatment. A choice motivated by tradition and its beliefs that for us dismiss the complexity of selection between the local and exogenous offer of the western medicine in ethnic contexts.To the extent that the constant risks of the Wounan person are illness and misfortune, as health is strictly his epiphenomenon, the therapeutic offer must be shown as a permanent resource that can only be emulated as a domestic and intimate service, deeply opposed to the intermittent provision of public health services in the region.Sandra HerránCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleindigenouspacificanthropologybiopoliticstherapeuticsAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2019)
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topic indigenous
pacific
anthropology
biopolitics
therapeutics
Anthropology
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Latin America. Spanish America
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spellingShingle indigenous
pacific
anthropology
biopolitics
therapeutics
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Sandra Herrán
Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien
description Based on an ethnography on the practices and representations of health and disease in the Wounaan Amerindian society of the Colombian Pacific coast, we intend to determine the intercultural approach developed throughout the years 2008 to 2012 by health institutions, and regional and local government in the City of Buenaventura.Unable to introduce substantial modifications according to the expectations of this indigenous society, institutional planners and public officers explain the difficulties in the implementation of their programs or biomedical interventions according to the native populations of an unthinkable predilection for shaman therapy and its modalities of "traditional" disease treatment. A choice motivated by tradition and its beliefs that for us dismiss the complexity of selection between the local and exogenous offer of the western medicine in ethnic contexts.To the extent that the constant risks of the Wounan person are illness and misfortune, as health is strictly his epiphenomenon, the therapeutic offer must be shown as a permanent resource that can only be emulated as a domestic and intimate service, deeply opposed to the intermittent provision of public health services in the region.
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title Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien
title_short Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien
title_full Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien
title_fullStr Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien
title_full_unstemmed Entre le chaman et le médecin : L’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes Wounaan du fleuve San Juan – littoral pacifique colombien
title_sort entre le chaman et le médecin : l’offre de soins interculturelle adaptée aux indigènes wounaan du fleuve san juan – littoral pacifique colombien
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2019
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