Feb 15, 2013
IT IS WITH THE HEART THAT ONE SEES
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Long before these sentiments became known through the words of St Exupery, the sentiments had been known to the Indians. On…
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.
Jan 15, 2013
THE YEAR 2013 HAS BEGUN WELL
There are always some Constant Stars in my skies: American Indians Cuba Family in Miami The new star for 2012 was certainly PJ and Indonesia. Malaysia, Myanmar, India and Iran…
Jan 15, 2013
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: NOSTALGIA FOR NAMIBIA
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: NOSTALGIA FOR NAMIBIA When I was reading Anthropology at London, had a chance to visit the San people of…
Jan 15, 2013
RITUALS AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LIMINALITY : JANUARY 2013
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE It was on the first few days of a fresh New Year in la Habana, when someone introduced me to Augusto Monterroso…
Jan 15, 2013
LIFESTYLE AND CANCER: TO GAIN RESPECT, YOU GIVE RESPECT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LIFESTYLE AND CANCER While the MORTALITY (death) from cancer has declined in the USA (Treatment and Early diagnosis), the incidence (new cases,…
Jan 15, 2013
A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST TRIP REPORT: ONE-WEEK IN AMERICA I was still a student in Australia when I…
Jan 15, 2013
INVISIBLE HELP FROM AMERICAN INDIANS
INVISIBLE HELP FROM THE AMERICAN INDIANS Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Once you have been working with American Indians you begin to notice and understand symbolism of…
Jan 15, 2013
OUR HAIR DRESSER IN LONDON
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE OUR HAIRDRESSER IN KING’S CROSS LONDON One advantage of Loyalty programmes for travellers is that one gets an occasional free flight or…
Jan 15, 2013
PATIENT CENTERED PEER EDUCATION: AMONG THE KICKAPOO/KIKAPU OF TEXAS/MEXICO
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PATIENT CENTERED PEER EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE…AMONG THE KICKAPOO/KIKAPU OF TEXAS/MEXICO The 10-seater van was fairly new, had Mexican License plates. Mena…
Jan 15, 2013
KLEISHAS. DEFECTS. YOGA. AMERICAN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Structural Defect (Kleisha) YOGA and Native American Indian concept of Character Defect One pleasure of learning about YOGA from my friend MC…
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…
Jan 15, 2013
SIGN OF THE TIMES IN EUROPEAN CITIES
Walking along this pleasant city, I was amazed at the similarities (at least superficially) that meets a visitor to the central part of the city. Retired moslem women from Maghreb,…
Dec 15, 2012
EATING OUT IN MIAMI : COMPANY IS USUALLY BETTER THAN THE FOOD
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE An Evening Out Dining in Miami We are in the habit of lamenting the disappearing scene of restaurants, we get attached to…
Dec 15, 2012
A CUBAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A CUBAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT I am catching a flight to MIA today via FRA. Arriving just one our before…
Dec 15, 2012
I AM GOING TO BOGOR TO EXERCISE!
I had received a letter from my good friend, the humble man of Bogor, Pak Joe. He wanted me to come to Indonesia, and prepare and present with him a…
Dec 15, 2012
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ENCHANTED IN INDONESIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ENCHANTED IN INDONESIA Indonesia is an enchanting land, mainly because of the open mindedness of its people and welcome…
Dec 15, 2012
EATING WELL IN INDONESIA
These are six days of culinary delights in Indonesia,all organized by my friend, PJ. I never ate alone and always there were more than four or five sharing lunch or…
Dec 15, 2012
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH WHILE EATING SUMPTUOUSLY
SOME friends find my professional role as a Lifestyle Coach (Endocrinologist plus Medical Anthropologist amounts to that!) and the sumptuous eating that I am so very fond of, a little…