Aug 15, 2022
FROM CARHAIX TO CUBA : CASUALIDAD NO SON TAN CASUAL
Many years ago I remember seeing an CD with a lovely name : and enjoyed the music, Cubans and African musicians singing classic Cuban songs.. Today walking along the side…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Aug 15, 2022
EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE RAPID CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE PLANET SOCIETY
The temperature outside is a pleasant 20 C, much cooler than the 34 C, in this presqu'île de Quiberon, Brittany. A very good article arrived from The New York Times,…
Jul 15, 2022
WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED ANOTHER IS OPEN, SANG BOB MAREEY. THE SAGA OF MAQROLL AND CARAVANSARY
CARAVANSARY AT TABRIZ IRAN Eventhough we tend to associate Caravansary with the Silk Road and the Arab and Turkic traders, they were found in Iran hundreds of years earlier, during…
Jul 15, 2022
SHABBAT SHALOM WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OTHER PEOPLE ?
After writing the title, I realized that I had used the word OTHER to describe the 99.8% of the world's population who are not JEWISH. Usually we are the perpetual…
Jul 15, 2022
THE MOVEABLE. FEAST. PARIS I THINK OF YOU OFTEN AND THE OTHER MOVEABLE FEAST, I HOLD YOU CLOSE
This is one of the best known quotes about Paris in the English Language and the idea of a moveable feast entered the language. Currently the moveable feast in my…
Jul 15, 2022
MAWLANA . HAFEZ. KHAYYAM. FOROUGH. SHAMLOU. AZLANI. MAKHMALBOUF, PANAAHI.. I AM SURROUNDED BY IRAN
The incredible tranquility of my home in Havana elevated me to a level of consciousness that i truly felt . Adding to those embers was my love for Iran.. directly…
Jul 15, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS FOUNDATION DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT DR HARISINGH GOUR VISHWAVIDYALAY, SAGAR MP INDIA
THANKS TO MY FRIEND DR. BIJAYA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment .…
Jul 15, 2022
FOR STUDENTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT SAGAR UNIVERSITY IN MP IN INDIA. WILL ADD COMMENTARIES
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2022/07/for-students-of-anthropology-at-sagar.html
Jul 15, 2022
CAN DIABETES BE REVERSED: A MEDICOANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEW
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2022/07/can-diabetes-be-reversed.html
Jul 15, 2022
PART OF MY HAPPINESS IS IRAN
Rumi says: Everyone is sleeping and I counted the stars until morning, but I did not sleep. Let me say that the sleep has gone from my eyes so much…
Jul 15, 2022
TO THOSE WHO WENT BEHIND THE VEIL OF OBLIVION, A NOTE OF REMEMBRANCE
During this month of July, I have been travelling at a hectic pace and my thoughts had to be recorded on paper, which i will upload later. But this also…
Jul 15, 2022
CAPITALISM OR GREED. PRICING OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE USA
For a rich and developed country (slipping in the ranks as days roll by and other progressive countries are stepping in), USA has one of the most complicated medical care…
Jun 15, 2022
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST: NOT BAD AT ALL CONSIDERING ALL THE VIOLENCE AROUND
Medical Anthropology includes the study of Food and Nutrition.
Jun 15, 2022
THE RAINY SEASON HAS BEGUN, STORMS AND POST STORM CALM. A LOVELY DAY .. ANOTHER ONE
Today has been a wonderful day. Nature put on a show to tell us who is the supreme power. Xango put in an appearance with powerful thunders that shook the…
Jun 15, 2022
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A TRAVEL SECRET ? IN THIS HEMISPHERE? PARAMARIBO
As a child I was very keen on Geography and knew about the three GUYANAs.. British, Dutch and the French. The French Guyanne is still part of France and the…
Jun 15, 2022
A SPECIAL MOON OVER MIAMI. LOVE TO MY FRIENDS EVERY WHERE. MAY THE SPIRITS BIND YOU TO ME
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-special-moon-over-miami-love-to-my.html
Jun 15, 2022
THE SURINAMESE ARE VERY POLITE PEOPLE… ALL RACES ..
Once you arrive in Suriname, you have to get used to the various languages and various cultures. Each of the cultural groups maintain their individual identity while being proud of…
Jun 15, 2022
YOU SEEM JOLLY, HOW OLD ARE YOU ?
Surinamese are very friendly, and the receptionists at the Hotel Palacio in Paramaribo were no exception. I have been looking forward to escaping from the narrow-mindedness of the discourse in…