Sep 15, 2019
Oh HAVANA . WHAT A DELIGHTFUL WEEK SEPTEMBER 2019
On the day arrival, a family, an aunt, two nieces, the one below in her third of LAW studies arrived and we had a lovely dinner together and then followed…
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.
Sep 15, 2019
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ACCESS AND CONSUME ORGANIC FOOD IN MIAMI
The answer is quick: Not that easy Where I stay in Miami, in the Kendall area, there are a variety of supermarkets within easy reach, say within 10 km. There…
Sep 15, 2019
A PHYSICIAN-ANTHROPOLOGIST CONSUMES ONLY ORGANIC FOOD FOR FOUR DAYS AND THIS IS HIS REPORT
When my interest began in the additives and chemicals to the food we ingest and the continuing rise of non communicable diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes and non-auto immune…
Sep 15, 2019
THE TRAGEDY OF HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE BECOME REFUGEES
When I first arrived in Miami as a student, the reputation of Venezuela was that of a rich country with lots of its citizens owning prime real estate in Miami,…
Sep 15, 2019
THE FEASTS OF HAVANA CUBA : A GLIMPSE OF LIVES HAPPILY LIVED
After I had delivered a talk at the annual conference of Endocrinology in 2019, an Argentine doctor said she needed an explanation: This is my first visit to Cuba, she…
Sep 15, 2019
CAN PLASTICS CAUSE TYPE 2 DIABETES? YES OF COURSE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Can Plastics cause Diabetes? Asked a prominent British Endocrine Researcher. The audience was aghast, such a relationship was unthinkable. Of course now…
Sep 15, 2019
LAST DAY OF JEWISH YEAR 5779 . WHAT A LOVELY END!
WHAT A LOVELY END Loves have only grown.. CUBA my home, the numerous brothers and sister that I toil for.. a glass of Chenin Blanc from an Indian winery, ah…
Aug 15, 2019
LOYALTY PAYS OFF.. IT IS. CONNOR. AGAIN AT HILTON
I have always felt that LOYALTY to a brand matters, when you are on the road constantly. Today I had a flight from Colombo to London Heathrow, a 11 hour…
Aug 15, 2019
I AM LISTENING TO FARAMARZ ASLANI HAVING JUST ARRIVED IN MIAMI FROM HAVANA
Here I am in my sisters home in Miami , the evening is mild and I am listening to a new Iranian Singer to me, Faramarz Aslani and enjoying it…
Aug 15, 2019
WHERE IN THE BRAIN ARE THE LONGINGS STORED?
The morning was rather tender, the sun never shone so horridly that one takes refuge, and the day slipped into the afternoon, the tropics which are like hammocks for lovers…
Aug 15, 2019
A lovely trip to Europe
I have just returned to Miami after a 10 day trip to Europe in which I discovered a lovely part of Austria and also ventured into the mountainous parts of…
Aug 15, 2019
HOW TO READ A MEDICAL ARTICLE WITH A CRITICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL EYE?
HOW TO READ A MEDICAL ARTICLE WITH A CRITICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL EYE? A total of 41 studies published between 1963 and 2018 were included, of which 40 were classified as safe…
Aug 15, 2019
SARAH COHEN OF JEW STREET, JEW TOWN, MATTANCHERRY, COCHIN, KERALA INIDA 30AUG2019
our beloved SARAH is no more! I received three emails from Cochin today 30.08.2019 informing me that she had passed away. So many images passed through my mind. Jew Town…
Aug 15, 2019
WHAT MAY CAUSE YOUR DEATH IN THE USA APART FROM GUNS AND TRAFFIC ? FOOD OF COURSE
One of the first moments of consternation when trying to understand the philosophy of the Native Indians happened with the People of the Red Earth when my teacher said to…
Aug 15, 2019
LOTS OF VITAMIN D , DOES IT HELP BUILD BONES IN HEALTHY PEOPLE NO NO NO
As an endocrinologist, I believe that we must give hormones or supplements to people who demonstrate a definite deficiency and not on some empirical treatment that more may be better…
Aug 15, 2019
GOING HOME TO HAVANA. FIRST LEG. AMSTERDAM TO LONDON TO MIAMI
I had arrived at Amsterdam Schipol Airport from Corinthia Corentin region of Austria the day before, four hours by train from its capital Klagenfort to Vienna and a short Austrian…
Jul 15, 2019
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION OF HAVANA LIFE
0 0 1 950 5417 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 45 12 6355 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION OF HAVANA LIFE OR A…
Jul 15, 2019
EATING IN HAVANA . WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO AN ANTHROPOLOGIST?
0 0 1 295 1688 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 14 3 1980 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Eating in Havana Means two things FRIENDS…