Terms, People & Places
Therapeutic ecology
(in)commensurabilities
Bodily assemblages
Postcolonial
Epistemological
Ontological
Kombe
Mashitini
Mateso
Discussion Questions
- What are Langwick’s research methods?
- For Langwick, what does it mean to enact bodies?
- What forms of traditional medicine exist in Tanzania?
- What is the difference between healing as a professional and healing as a calling?
- What are some examples of the friction between traditional and bio-medicine? How do the two systems sometimes offer different explanations for the same underlying health condition?
- How have political and economic forces shaped traditional medicine in Tanzania?