Rostros mestizos: una propuesta comunicacional para el estudio de itinerarios terapéuticos ancestrales en Latinoamérica

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12/2019
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En un contexto de medicalización de la vida cotidiana y disciplinamiento de los cuerpos, se torna apremiante preguntarnos qué ocurre con las percepciones colectivas y las
prácticas en salud, particularmente en las poblaciones latinoamericanas con culturas
sanitarias ancestrales. En este marco, aquí proponemos el análisis de las representaciones sociales sobre los “itinerarios terapéuticos locales”, desde la mirada disciplinar
de la Comunicación Social, en tanto espacio simbólico donde se generan los procesos
de producción y circulación de significaciones sociales. Para ello, ponemos a consideración tres argumentos. El primero presenta al subcampo de la Comunicación y Salud,
y las problemáticas que allí convergen. Bajo ese arco teórico, abordamos a la Salud
intercultural y a la Comunicación para el cambio social como posibles herramientas
intelectuales para reflexionar sobre las distintas “maneras de curar”. El segundo argumento refiere a la posibilidad de pensar a los discursos en torno a los conocimientos y
recursos terapéuticos tradicionales, como parte del patrimonio cultural intangible de
una población. Atendiendo a los conflictos que conllevan los procesos de patrimonialización, es central que se busque abordar los patrimonios locales en toda su complejidad, lejos de miradas escencializantes que hacen de la diversidad una exotización. El
tercero plantea la necesidad de indagar en las formas particulares –convivencia, mixtura, invisibilización– que adopta la articulación entre los saberes locales ancestrales y
los saberes vinculados a prácticas terapéuticas funcionales a la globalización cultural.
Sin dudas, el estudio de los discursos, narrativas y procesos de construcción social de la
salud puede revelar uno de los tantos rostros mestizos que delinea la interacción entre
lo local y lo global.
In a context of medicalization of daily life and the disciplining of bodies, it becomes urgent to ask what happens with collective perceptions and practices in health, particularly in Latin American populations with ancestral health cultures. In this framework, here we propose the analysis of social representations about “local therapeutic itineraries”, from the disciplinary perspective of social communication, as a symbolic space where the processes of production and circulation of social meanings are generated. For this, we put three arguments into consideration. The first presents the subfield of Communication and Health, and the problems that converge there. Under this theoretical framework, we approach Intercultural Health and Communication for social change as possible intellectual tools to reflect on the different “ways of healing”. The second argument refers to the possibility of thinking about discourses around traditional knowledge and therapeutic resources, as part of the intangible cultural heritage of a population. Attending to the conflicts that involve the processes of patrimonialization, it is essential to seek to address the local heritage in all its complexity, far from essential looks that make diversity an exoticism. The third raises the need to investigate particular forms –convival, mixture, invisibility– that the articulation between ancestral local knowledge and knowledge linked to functional therapeutic practices to cultural globalization. Undoubtedly, the study of discourses, narratives and processes of social construction of health, can reveal one of the many mestizo faces that delineates the interaction between the local and the global.
In a context of medicalization of daily life and the disciplining of bodies, it becomes urgent to ask what happens with collective perceptions and practices in health, particularly in Latin American populations with ancestral health cultures. In this framework, here we propose the analysis of social representations about “local therapeutic itineraries”, from the disciplinary perspective of social communication, as a symbolic space where the processes of production and circulation of social meanings are generated. For this, we put three arguments into consideration. The first presents the subfield of Communication and Health, and the problems that converge there. Under this theoretical framework, we approach Intercultural Health and Communication for social change as possible intellectual tools to reflect on the different “ways of healing”. The second argument refers to the possibility of thinking about discourses around traditional knowledge and therapeutic resources, as part of the intangible cultural heritage of a population. Attending to the conflicts that involve the processes of patrimonialization, it is essential to seek to address the local heritage in all its complexity, far from essential looks that make diversity an exoticism. The third raises the need to investigate particular forms –convival, mixture, invisibility– that the articulation between ancestral local knowledge and knowledge linked to functional therapeutic practices to cultural globalization. Undoubtedly, the study of discourses, narratives and processes of social construction of health, can reveal one of the many mestizo faces that delineates the interaction between the local and the global.
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