Raising the Dust

Tracking Traditional Medicine in the South of Malawi
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-10-8419-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 365 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 603 g

Raising the Dust explores the relationship between human and ecological health through the lens of African traditional medicine, as practiced in the south of Malawi. The book employs an ethnographic methodology using the primary methods of semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The fieldwork for the research was conducted in the Mulanje Mountain Biosphere and the findings are presented as a narrative exploration of insider and outsider positions, in this context. The conceptual framework for the book encompasses a broad range of ecological ideas, focussing mainly on traditional ecological knowledge and radical ecology. The holistic theoretical framework for the book emerges in a grounded way from out of the fieldwork experience. The book is written in plain language and will appeal to anyone interested in holistic health outlooks, particularly cross-cultural health and wellbeing narratives.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Theresa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnomedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Unwrapping.- Chapter Two: Methodology.- Chapter Three: Traditional Medical Practice.- Chapter Four: Women's Knowledge, Women's Work.- Chapter Five: Community Relationships.- Chapter Six: Footprints, Pedals and Pathways.- Chapter Seven: The Market.- Chapter Eight: The State of the Biosphere Reserve.- Chapter Nine: Theoretical Reflections.- Chapter Ten: Wrapping Up.

Über Autor(innen)

Following a passionate interest in holistic health, and having a particular interest in cross-cultural onto-epistemologies, Dr Theresa Jones has worked in many different roles across the health, social welfare and education sectors. She is motivated by the need to address health as a social justice issue and as an ecological imperative.