Translating the Body

Western conceptions of the body differ significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanatory frameworks in Asia. As colonial governments assumed responsibility for health care, conceptions of the human body were translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, an...

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description Western conceptions of the body differ significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanatory frameworks in Asia. As colonial governments assumed responsibility for health care, conceptions of the human body were translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, and healing. The contributors to this volume chart and analyze the organization of western medical education in Southeast Asia, public health education in the region, and the response of practitioners of “traditional medicine”. “Translating the body” is a shorthand for the formulation of medical ideas, practices, and epistemologies in contexts that require both interpretation and transmission. The process is both linguistic and cultural, and in approaching medical education, the book follows recent work in translation studies that underscores the translation not merely of words but of cultures.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-274502025-07-21T15:58:40Z Translating the Body Pols, Hans Thompson, C. Michelle Warner, John Harley Healthcare medical education Southeast Asia public health education thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues Western conceptions of the body differ significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanatory frameworks in Asia. As colonial governments assumed responsibility for health care, conceptions of the human body were translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, and healing. The contributors to this volume chart and analyze the organization of western medical education in Southeast Asia, public health education in the region, and the response of practitioners of “traditional medicine”. “Translating the body” is a shorthand for the formulation of medical ideas, practices, and epistemologies in contexts that require both interpretation and transmission. The process is both linguistic and cultural, and in approaching medical education, the book follows recent work in translation studies that underscores the translation not merely of words but of cultures. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-09-30 23:55 2019-04-30 15:36:28 2020-04-01T12:22:10Z 2017 book 1001571 OCN: 1076733776 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28391 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27450 eng open access National University of Singapore Press c948238b-1f90-47d2-a896-4e6a8cf4dfff Chapter 2 Trouble with “Status” 368 Singapore open access
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Southeast Asia
public health education
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
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Translating the Body
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topic Healthcare
medical education
Southeast Asia
public health education
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
topic_facet Healthcare
medical education
Southeast Asia
public health education
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
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