Oct 15, 2014
Eu tenho saudades de tudo
Eu tenho saudades de tudo Today I had an extraordinarily pleasant flight from London to Miami, it was as if, I was all alone and then given attention when necessary,…
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.
Oct 15, 2014
THE NATURAL GENEROSITY OF CUBANS IN CUBA
I am preparing for Yom Kippur in Miami when I received this message from Cuba. I had sen an email detailing the unselfish sacrifice of 175 cuban medical professionals who…
Oct 15, 2014
PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELING AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS
PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELLING AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS On my way over to the Indians, from Miami to Dallas, I was on American Airlines, and the flight attendants up front were very friendly.…
Oct 15, 2014
SYMBOLIC HEALING: LEARN FROM THE AMERICAN INDIANS
I wrote this while I was doing my post graduate studies in Medical Anthropology at the Brunel University of London, England photo taken in front of Beth Shalom Synagogue in…
Oct 15, 2014
CUBA I AM SO PROUD OF MY LITTLE ISLAND MI ISLA RICA
Cuban doctors fighting ebola: Heroes, not martyrs Milena Recio • October 14, 2014 HAVANA - Several media with worldwide reach have reported on Cuba’s decision to send 165 health professionals…
Oct 15, 2014
BLONDE HAIRED GYPSY AND OTHER AMERICAN INDIAN TALES
BLONDE HAIRED GYPSY AND OTHER AMERICAN INDIAN TALES When I showed a photo of a Breton family get together, taken in a village in Brittany in France, to an American…
Oct 15, 2014
NUTRITION AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: LAKOTA DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAMME 2014
NUTRITION AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS This blog is to break your stereotypic view of what the North American Indians consume. When I was preparing to write this blog, I thought…
Oct 15, 2014
CUBA , EBOLA, PSYCHOLOGISTS, MEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES
Ebola in Sierra Leone: battling sadness, fear and disgust on the frontline An MSF psychologist reveals the trauma of dealing with the Ebola outbreak for medics, cleaners and the families…
Oct 15, 2014
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO COMBAT GLOBAL AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES
DO WE NEED OR SHALL I SAY WHY DO WE NEED, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS CONFRONTING GLOBAL AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES. Alexander Kollie's story: From BBC Saturday 21 September is a day…
Oct 15, 2014
BBC, CNN INTERNATIONAL, TRADITION IN A SUPER MODERN WORLD
TRADITION IN A SUPER MODERN WORLD I would be in a hotel room, trying to catch up on NEWS, usually in English, whether BBC or CNN International, rarely Al Jazeera,…
Oct 15, 2014
WHEN EXOTIC BECOMES EXTORTION: INDIAN FOOD IN MIAMI
WHEN EXOTIQUE BECOMES EXTORTION :INDIAN FOOD IN MIAMI Indian Cuisine is an oxymoron, unless of course it is a compilation of numerous cuisines found all over India. Indian cuisine was…
Oct 15, 2014
THE BROWN SUGAR DOCTOR TO THE KICKAPOO
THE BROWN SUGAR DOCTOR TO THE KICKAPOO When I began working with the Indians, I used to introduce myself as the Sugar Doctor, in keeping with the humour of the…
Oct 15, 2014
SUPERMODERNITY AND TRADITION IN ONE DAY : MIAMI TO THE INDIAN RESERVATION IN ONE DAY
SUPERMODERNITY AND TRADITION IN ONE DAY MIAMI TO THE OMAHA INDIAN RESERVATION. Hey, Doc, said my Omaha Indian teacher, I don't know where Belgium is, but it does not matter,…
Oct 15, 2014
HOW DO MOST WESTERNERS KEEP FIT? A LESSON FOR EMERGING EAST, ESPECIALLY INDIANS AND MALAYSIANS
HOW DO MOST PEOPLE KEEP FIT? If you are a rickshaw puller in Calcutta or a Bici driver (bicycle taxi) driver in Baracoa, you wouldn't be concerned too much about…
Oct 15, 2014
DOES ANTHROPOLOGY HAVE A FUTURE?
DOES ANTHROPOLOGY HAVE A FUTURE? Yes. Why? The importance of OTHER is more relevant and urgent than ever before. How else are we going to understand, disparate cultural entities, interacting…
Oct 15, 2014
YOU BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TAMED.. THE WORDS OF ANTOINE ST EXUPERY
I was dropping off my sister at the Miami International Airport. The lovely Cuban woman behind the counter at the Versailles Coffee shop at the Departure area made me a…
Sep 15, 2014
DOCTORS AS PATIENT ADVOCATES
It was interesting but not unexpected to read that as many as 75% of all patients and 50% of individuals with chronic illnesses fail to adhere to prescribed medical regimens.…
Sep 15, 2014
INTERNET BY CANDLELIGHT
INTERNET BY CANDLELIGHT No, I don't mean to go back in time, by energizing Internet by Candlelight. During the heyday of alternative lifestyle, they used to talk about Steam Guitar…