ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Massage, Psychoactive Drug, Natufian Culture
28 Nov 2016
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Depending on culture, may use these terms: Vector - how transmitted (e. g. mosquitoes, bad spirits) Ethno-etiologies: how people make sense of health problems. Etho-etiology = culturally-specific causal explanation for illness. Humidity and rain cause rheumatism", some winds cause migraines". Natural: effects of age, gender, heredity, personality. Psychosocial: anger and hostility cause of illness. Supernatural: spirits of unhappy dead can cause illness. Economic: lack of sanitation, or health services. Structural (social) suffering: health problems caused by poverty, war, famine, forced migrations. Supernatural: evil eye" - curse via a malevolent glare. People with green or blue eyes - intentional or accidental. As dance intensifies num (spiritual energy) activated by the healers. Peoples" belief in healing power of num brings efficacy to dance. Group solidarity supports mental and physical health. Drama of dance seems to help the afflicted (not sure how) Humoral healing: philosophy of balance among elements in body and environment. Food and drugs affect body differently: heating" or cooling".
