We have to look at someone else’s culture through their culture lens. That deals with all aspects of life no matter a person’s occupation. On November 19, 2015, I went to a lecture by Dr. Angela Bratton called, “Witchdoctors, Relationship, and the Body.” At the lecture, she had discussed topics like culture, witchdoctors, relational issues, diseases, and among other things.
Dr. Bratton talked about Cultural Anthropology. Anthropology is the study of humans. Cultural is shared knowledge passed on within a society to interpret and generate knowledge. It can also be learned or even innate in us. Culture is transmitted via symbols and language. It can change over time. Culture also difference based on our experience. I learned about how different societies view illnesses and diseases. They depend on the norms of a society; which we have to look at it in the way society views that illness and disease. An example of this was when Dr. Bratton talked about different case studies, especially the ones from Africa. Malaria signs and symptoms in the United States are as follows: body chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, and head and body ache. As for the people in Africa, malaria means something different. In Africa, it is looked as an act of …show more content…
Witchcraft is often unconscious. A kin may be the problem or threat, and it is also bad. Witchcraft is related to relational issues in the community. In the case study in South America, there was a problem in Kulina dealing with a baby. The baby had Epetuka. This was an issue dealing with the gastrointestinal. In South America, the witchdoctors would say varies reasons why this happened to their baby. They may say the parent ate some taboo meat. Taboo meat is meat that is forbidden to eat because it goes against religious practices. It also may be more relational related because the son and father-in-law had a dispute. It could be adultery had taken place or not fulfilling the spouse’s sexual
Dr. Bratton talked about Cultural Anthropology. Anthropology is the study of humans. Cultural is shared knowledge passed on within a society to interpret and generate knowledge. It can also be learned or even innate in us. Culture is transmitted via symbols and language. It can change over time. Culture also difference based on our experience. I learned about how different societies view illnesses and diseases. They depend on the norms of a society; which we have to look at it in the way society views that illness and disease. An example of this was when Dr. Bratton talked about different case studies, especially the ones from Africa. Malaria signs and symptoms in the United States are as follows: body chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, and head and body ache. As for the people in Africa, malaria means something different. In Africa, it is looked as an act of …show more content…
Witchcraft is often unconscious. A kin may be the problem or threat, and it is also bad. Witchcraft is related to relational issues in the community. In the case study in South America, there was a problem in Kulina dealing with a baby. The baby had Epetuka. This was an issue dealing with the gastrointestinal. In South America, the witchdoctors would say varies reasons why this happened to their baby. They may say the parent ate some taboo meat. Taboo meat is meat that is forbidden to eat because it goes against religious practices. It also may be more relational related because the son and father-in-law had a dispute. It could be adultery had taken place or not fulfilling the spouse’s sexual