Jan 15, 2014
SYMBOLIC HEALING AMONG RAPA NUI
SYMBOLIC HEALING WHAT CAN WE LEARN IN RAPA NUI One of the pleasures of being trained as a Medical Anthropologist is to absorb with the vision you have been taught…
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.
Dec 15, 2013
OMAN IS A SPECIAL ARAB COUNTRY : RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A JEWISH TRAVELLER
WHY DO I TRAVEL TO OMAN WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL When I sent emails from Salalah, Oman on a recent stopover there, a good friend of mine asked: Why…
Nov 15, 2013
JEWS OF MALABAR, CHANUKKIA AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIANS
JEWS OF MALABAR, A MAKE DO MENORAH AND THE CHANUKKIAH LAMP AMONG THE INDIANS This invitation arrived from Cochin, India today: As the Jewish community is dwindling in Malabar, more…
Nov 15, 2013
METABOLIC SYNDROME: THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY AND THE DEADLY
METABOLIC SYNDROME A DISEASE IS BORN WHEN YOU CONVERT SOCIAL INEQUALITIES INTO MEDICAL MEASUREMENTS It is interesting to observe the metabolic changes among the Native Americans over a short period…
Nov 15, 2013
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE TRADITIONAL KICKAPOO TRIBE IN ACTION
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE CASE OF MEXICAN KIKAPU/KICKAPOO: KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS KTTT Philosophy as a guide to living- an essence of ones contentment, the feeling of…
Oct 15, 2013
CAMEL MILK.. A NATURAL ANTI-DOTE TO DIABETES, OF COURSE IN CONTEXT
CAMEL MILK. A NATURAL ANTI-DOTE TO DIABETES, OF COURSE IN CONTEXT BioMed Central is an extraordinarily wide and comprehensive source of cutting edge research and investigations from around the world.…
Sep 15, 2013
MAY YOU BE INSCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE IN MIAMI, COCHIN, KINGSTON, MONTEVIDEO, RANGOON, MELBOURNE, LA HABANA..LA SHANAH TOVAH 5774
Today is the First Day of September 2013 and in a few days time we would welcome the Jewish New Year. I hope to be in Brussels on Rosh Hashanah…
Aug 15, 2013
INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, BE HAPPY AND BE HEALTHY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Looking at the habits of healthy and happy people, all over the world,…
Jun 15, 2013
INDIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: THE PALLAVA ORIGINS OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN LANGUAGE SCRIPTS
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
May 15, 2013
REMARKABLE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS UNIVERSE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE REMARKABLE MEN and WOMEN WHO BLESS YOUR LIFE During the month of April, 2013 I was fortunate to travel to the Indian…
May 15, 2013
NON COMPLIANT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: DONT GIVE UP ON YOUR PATIENTS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE NEVER GIVE UP ON A PATIENT OF YOURS AND IN FACT ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FOR THAT MATTER. About ten years ago,…
Apr 15, 2013
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST IN SOUTH TEXAS: FROM INDIANS TO INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The alarm went off at 0600 AM, I had already packed my bags, so it was easy to be ready to leave…
Apr 15, 2013
Among the American Indians, You are surrounded by wisdom
When you enter the Indian country, you are in a totally different world. Each time I feel I am entering a ring surrounded by wise men and women and if…
Mar 15, 2013
SEARCHING FOR SEDER IN BRUSSELS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Searching for Seder in Brussels I used to be very active in Jewish Student affairs when I was at school as well…
Mar 15, 2013
A WANDERING JEW’S PESACH: SO HAPPY TO CELEBRATE, SO HAPPY TO REMEMBER
This evening, all over the world, Jewish People of all hues, nationalities, religious beliefs will celebrate PESACH.. Over the course of years, I have been lucky to celebrate Passover Seder…
Jan 15, 2013
SYMBOLIC TALK AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN PATIENTS: THE NEED TO BECOME CULTURALLY COMPETENT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SYMBOLIC TALK AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN PATIENTS: A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER NEEDS TO BECOME CULTURALLY COMPETENT. A Group of young girl athletes from…
Dec 15, 2012
SENTUL HAPPY HEALTHY LIVING, INDONESIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SENTUL HEALTHY HAPPY LIVING AND PERSONAL HEALTH During each of my visits to Bogor, the focus of the conversations has been Personal…
Nov 15, 2012
YOGIC PHILOSOPHY IN CECILIA MEIRELES POETRY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE YOGIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE POETRY OF CECILIA MEIRELES The Young poet of Cote Sauvage, one day said to me: The waves are…