Sökning: "medicine anthropology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade orden medicine anthropology.

  1. 1. A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Författare :Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Keywords: Ayahuasca; Documentary film; Interdisciplinary; Western society; Sub-genre; Vine of the Soul; Aya-Awakenings; Culture; Consciousness; Ancient knowledge.; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This master thesis invites the reader to acquire and examine new evidence about an emerging and growing sub-genre type of documentary film called Ayahuasca documentary. This study bases its definition of the Ayahuasca documentary sub-genre on a current work in the progress catalogue of over 50 documentary films, two of which were selected as case studies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Beyond Being Physically Active: Culturing the Ageing Body

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Författare :Yuanita Budiman; Kei Nilsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :ageing body; active ageing; exercise; social interaction; elderly; embodiment; applied cultural analysis; medical anthropology; qualitative research; ethnography; MACA; Cultural Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how physical activity and social interaction assist in generating better performance of the ageing body. A multifaceted ethnographic material was collected from January to February 2018 at a health and training centre called Gerdahallen, located in Lund, Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Revealing The Nature Of Human Characteristics Through Interaction Design

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Författare :Trieu Vy Luu; [2017]
    Nyckelord :interaction design; human connection; meaning making; meaning finding; human; heartbeat; fundamental; elements; performance; art; hidden figures; ethnography; anthropology; design fiction; speculative design; marina abramovic; trieuvy luu; manifesto; human design; design future; kindness; creating kindness; deep connection; reflection;

    Sammanfattning : Everyday we come up with new solutions for our existing problems. But the solutions of today are tomorrow’s problem. The products we create as designers are often bringing more complexity in our society than it is initially intended for. This thesis aims to give a new perspective on the design practice community. LÄS MER

  5. 4. “It’s two things mixed together!” : A Baptist missionary nurse and her symbiotic relationship with Ndyuka medicine

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Författare :Maarten van der Bent; [2017]
    Nyckelord :missionary medicine; Ndyuka medicine; interaction; symbiosis; ‘othering’;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the interaction between missionary medicine and Ndyuka medicine from the perspective of a Baptist missionary nurse operating a clinic in the village of Lantiwei in Suriname. Based on two months of anthropological fieldwork conducted in the summer of 2014, this thesis argues that in her everyday practice of medicine, the Baptist nurse is dependent on the cooperation of a local Ndyuka healer and his family to such an extent that their working together can be regarded as a social form of symbiosis. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Ayurveda versus Biomedicine - Competition, Cooperation or Integration?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Författare :Susann Forsberg; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Biomedicine; Tradtitional medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine; TM CAM; Ayurveda; Plural health care systems; Sri Lanka; Medical anthropology; Integration; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Kroniska sjukdomar ökar världen över, i både utvecklings- och industrialiserade länder. Mäniskor som lider av kroniska sjukdomar finner ofta den västerländska medicinen oförmögen att behandla deras sjukdommar, och vänder sig istället till traditionell, komplementär och alternativ medicin [TM/CAM]. LÄS MER