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Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
Medicine Anthropology Theory, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
The epidemic of COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been in the headlines since December 2019. This Think Piece presents ethnographic vignettes from a recent (February 2020) field visit to Dharamsal
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f14ba2e05fe145048713426f2dc43d1b
Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
History of Science in South Asia, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 204-233 (2017)
Tibetan precious pills are frequently attributed with a variety of efficacies, from “magical” powers, prevention of poisoning and infectious diseases, protection from harmful spirits and exposure to diseases while travelling, to rejuvenating and
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4d8d3f209f0e4d6a89b0f0fc7545efd3
Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 370-384 (2015)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5629c274f5524e7fb1e026fddc99b68e
Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
Religions, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 282 (2019)
This paper introduces Tibetan pill traditions and examines two exceptional pill formulas that emerged from an early Buddhist–medical interface in Tibet, but followed different trajectories due to the increased specialization of religious and medica
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b034b80a019c4669892a8511743e03fc
Autor:
Sienna R. Craig, Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
Medicine Anthropology Theory, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2016)
Sowa Rigpa is generally translated as ‘the science of healing’ and often used synonymously for ‘Tibetan medicine’. Historically, Sowa Rigpa can be considered a borrowed term from Sanskrit, accompanied by an adopted sense of ‘science’, whi
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https://doaj.org/article/9e1ea1b2a9a3442c8773bdedd14e99c4
Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Longevity and long-life practices have been a pan-Tibetan concern for a very long time, but have hardly been studied by anthropologists. This book presents ethnographic accounts and textual material demonstrating how Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills,
Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
Autor:
Barbara Gerke
Publikováno v:
Asian Medicine. 17:328-330
Publikováno v:
Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 34:174-191
This article examines the circulation of humanitarian ideas, materials, and actions in a non-biomedical and non-Judeo-Christian context: Sowa Rigpa or Tibetan medical camps in India and Nepal. Through these camps, practitioners and patients alike oft