Médicos, curanderos y pacientes: Las dolencias físicas en Tilcara, Jujuy

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07/2013
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Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
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Humanitas
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El presente trabajo forma parte de una investigación mayor: mi tesis de licenciatura. En este artículo presento algunos de los ejes centrales analizados en la misma. Su tema gira en torno a las prácticas medicinales y el discurso sobre las dolencias físicas en el casco urbano de la ciudad de Tilcara, situada al norte de la provincia de Jujuy en Argentina Son en este trabajo objeto de estudio las distintas terapias llevadas a cabo en Tilcara y los discursos de los distintos actores sociales que participan en la relación médico "curandero" paciente. Es posible observar que en Tilcara existen dos prácticas terapéuticas socialmente establecidas: la biomedicina y la medicina alternativa. La biomedicina funciona en esta localidad cómo la práctica médica hegemónica, sin embargo, es posible observar que convive junto a prácticas anteriores que reciben el estatuto de medicina tradicional, presentándose ambas para sus usuarios como alternativas para recuperar la salud perdida. A partir de este contexto considero adecuado postular, a modo de generalización empírica, la presencia de un "campo terapéutico" en Tilcara. Hecho que motiva la pregunta guía de mi investigación: ¿Qué lleva a los habitantes de Tilcara a optar por una determinada práctica médica?
This paper summarizes the main guidelines of my thesis defended in December 2008. The theme of this research focuses on medical practices and discourse about physical ailments in the urban area of †the city of Tilcara (Jujuy, Argentina). We can see that there are at least two therapeutic practices in Tilcara deeply rooted in the society as a whole: biomedicine and alternative medicine. Biomedicine works in this location as hegemonic medical practice, but this does not prevent that other non hegemonic and previous practices can continue. It is possible to see that both therapeutic practices coexist and interact. From this context we consider it appropriate to postulate, as an empirical generalization, the presence of a «therapeutic field» in Tilcara. Based on therapeutic practices in Tilcara work as a «field», the questions arise that guide this research: What leads people in Tilcara to use a particular therapeutic practice? What are the variables involved in their medical choices? In order to answer these questions, the analysis is oriented toward the testimonies and perspectives of the various social actors involved in the doc- tor-healer-patient, thence central objective is proposed: study what variables influence the choice of the people of Tilcara in opting for a particular place of therapeutic knowledge, either hegemonic (hospital, doctors, etc..), subaltern (healers, bone setters, other) or results from a combination of both
This paper summarizes the main guidelines of my thesis defended in December 2008. The theme of this research focuses on medical practices and discourse about physical ailments in the urban area of †the city of Tilcara (Jujuy, Argentina). We can see that there are at least two therapeutic practices in Tilcara deeply rooted in the society as a whole: biomedicine and alternative medicine. Biomedicine works in this location as hegemonic medical practice, but this does not prevent that other non hegemonic and previous practices can continue. It is possible to see that both therapeutic practices coexist and interact. From this context we consider it appropriate to postulate, as an empirical generalization, the presence of a «therapeutic field» in Tilcara. Based on therapeutic practices in Tilcara work as a «field», the questions arise that guide this research: What leads people in Tilcara to use a particular therapeutic practice? What are the variables involved in their medical choices? In order to answer these questions, the analysis is oriented toward the testimonies and perspectives of the various social actors involved in the doc- tor-healer-patient, thence central objective is proposed: study what variables influence the choice of the people of Tilcara in opting for a particular place of therapeutic knowledge, either hegemonic (hospital, doctors, etc..), subaltern (healers, bone setters, other) or results from a combination of both
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