COLLAB 2M03 Lecture Notes - Psychoanalysis, Cultural Relativism, Yoruba People
24 Jun 2013
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The study of: how well being & suffering is experienced, how illness is addressed, how illness is contextualized around the world. The yoruba"s of nigeria believed that if they offended the goddess shapona she would give them smallpox. Traditional healers such as shamans, curandero"s, isangorra"s & body workers. Traditional societies emphasize magic & religion as a dominant aspect of their healing. Folk healing confronts many issues of wellbeing in society. Magic the attempt to address worldly phenomena through supernatural brings. In witchcraft they believe that the power comes from within; whereas, in sorcery manipulates objects. Presence of health behaviour among non-human animals. Shandar caves trauma paralyzed on ones side of body primary healthcare lived to 40. A god that is responsible for creation or in part. Sickness is a result of gods anger/broken law. Dead people often play a role in human affairs. Supernatural beings affect the lives of the living. May be envious, disruptive or attracted to immortality.
