Curing a Brain Tumor with High Tech Operations and the Help of Spirits: The Appropriation of Biomedicine among the Dayak Benuaq
This article analyses the appropriation of biomedicine among the Dayak Benuaq in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Taking the successful curing of a brain tumour as an example, I show how biomedicine is creatively intertwined with indigenous, animist healing practices in order to cure the patient comprehe...
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| I publikationen: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/moussons, |
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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Moussons
2021
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |