مورد إلكتروني
Indigenous Healing in New Zealand: An Anthropological Analysis of 'Traditional' and 'Modern' Approaches to Well-Being
العنوان: | Indigenous Healing in New Zealand: An Anthropological Analysis of 'Traditional' and 'Modern' Approaches to Well-Being |
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عناروين إضافية: | Bucknell University Honors Theses Collection |
المؤلفون: | Brice, Lillian T |
المصدر: | Honors Theses |
بيانات النشر: | Bucknell Digital Commons 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z |
نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
وصف مادي: | 1 electronic text ; pdf file |
مستخلص: | Drawing on contemporary anthropological approaches used by scholars of well-being and medical anthropology (i.e. Michael Jackson and Lisa Stevenson), I explore how indigenous healers in New Zealand blend "traditional" and "modern" elements to establish a creative and inclusive system. Specifically, I explore the use of herbal treatments, ritual chanting, and ceremonies that encapsulate Māori cultural values. I also explore the impact of biomedicine and New-Age wellness approaches on indigenous healing. I argue that Māori healing moves beyond the binary of "tradition" and "modern" as healers merge the past and present and combine the foreign and native. My research is based on published scholarly literature, participant observation I conducted during my semester abroad in Dunedin, New Zealand in Spring 2019, and semi-structured recorded interviews with tohunga (indigenous Māori healers). During my five-month stay, I spoke with tohunga, experienced indigenous ceremonies and karakia (ritual chanting) first-hand, and attended the Christchurch Healing Expo where I shadowed a Māori healer during a mirimiri (sacred ritual massage). My research demonstrates that it is impossible to fully separate Māori healing from other wellness systems because "indigenous" healing has always incorporated healing practices from other cultures. My honors thesis addresses the historical and cultural origins of Māori healing practices, how these practices integrate in contemporary society, as well as how the indigenous population perceives health. This research contributes to the anthropological study of wellness by reevaluating the meaning of "indigenous" healing and identity in contemporary New Zealand. |
الموضوعات: | Well-being., Medical anthropology., Māori (New Zealand people) Medicine., Indigenous peoples New Zealand., Healers New Zealand., Traditional medicine New Zealand., Human comfort., Bien-être., Guérisseurs Nouvelle-Zélande., Human comfort., Healers., Indigenous peoples., Māori (New Zealand people) Medicine., Medical anthropology., Traditional medicine., Well-being., New Zealand. |
مصطلحات الفهرس: | text |
URL: | Bucknell University Honors Theses Collection |
الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content |
ملاحظة: | Keywords assigned by author: well-being, health, indigenous, anthropology, Maori, New Zealand |
أرقام أخرى: | PBU oai:digitalcommons.bucknell.edu:honors_theses-1515 https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/honors_theses/549 https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1515&context=honors_theses 1155000228 |
المصدر المساهم: | From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsoai.on1155000228 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OAIster |
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