Panagawat Iti Bagi: Understanding local praxis on health, sickness and healing
| Title | Panagawat Iti Bagi: Understanding local praxis on health, sickness and healing |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | Abaya, EC |
| Secondary Title | Paper presented at International Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development, 21-25 September 1992, Silang, Cavite, Philippines |
| Date Published | Sept. 21-25 1992 |
| Publisher | International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) |
| Conference Location | Silang, Cavite, Philippines |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Coming from the ranks of anthropologists addressing health-related issues, I am here to participate in the current discourse on "indigenous knowledge" and development. I will begin with a brief discussion of what I sense as some of the potential conceptual morass that the use of the concept of "indigenous knowledge" might engender. Then I will deal with the question: How do we gain access and at the same time interpret so-called "indigenous knowledge" on health, sickness, and healing? Here I am going to use a case study derived from my ethnographic study in an agrarian community of 220 households found in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains in northeastern Luzon. To end my presentation, I will give some commentaries of the current initiatives in the sphere of health care promotion and maintenance. (author) |
| Notes | Papers presented at the symposium later published in one volume by IIRR |
| Number of pages | 11 pp. |
| Short Title | Panagawat Iti Bagi |
