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Cura Marcelly, Olívia Fernandes Amorim, Érika Filomena de Freitas, Arvelos Ufucapes
The Hum of the World January 15, 2019 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8pz9jx.11 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Western medicine and shamanic healing should not be arranged in a hierarchy of knowledge, and proposes examining their intersections, dissonances, and symmetries through anthropology, history, philosophy, and linguistics, focusing on the shaman and the doctor as central figures. The authors contend that ethical, cultural, historical, social, and political dilemmas are intrinsic to the ontological conceptions of these distinct knowledge systems. |
Abstract
THE ARTICLE IS AN APPROACH ABOUT THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION BETWEEN WESTERN THOUGHT AND THE CONCEPTION OF ORIGINATING PEOPLES ABOUT THE MEANING ATTRIBUTED TO DISEASE AND HEALING. IN VIEW OF THIS, OUR CENTRAL OBJETIVE IS TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS BETWEEN THESE TWO KNOWLEDGE, SIGNALING THEIR DISSONANCES AND SYMMETRIES. IT WAS NECESSARY CUT OUT BECAUSE IT POINT PRACTICES THAT CONCERN A MULTIPLICITY OF ISSUES AND AGENTS, AND IN THIS RESEARCH THE ANALYSIS REFERS TO THE FIGURE OF THE SHAMAN IN THE PRACTICE OF SHAMANIC HEALING, AND THE FIGURE OF THE DOCTOR IN WESTERN SOCIETIES. FOR SUCH AN ANALYTICAL COMMITMENT, OUR FRAME OF REFERENCE IS BASED ON THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND LINGUISTICS. THE RESEARCH BREAKS WITH ANY PERSPECTIVE OF AN EPISTEMIC HIERARCHY BETWEEN THESE TWO KNOWLEDGES (SHAMANISM AND WESTERN MEDICINE) SHOWING THE ETHICAL, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DILEMMAS INTRISIC TO ONTOLOGICAL CONCEPTIONS OF DISTINCT KNOWLEDGE THAT ACCOMPANY THE HISTORICAL PROCESS OF FORMATION OF THESE PRACTICES.