Salud, globalización e interculturalidad: una mirada antropológica a la situación de los pueblos indígenas de Sudamérica

AUTOR(ES)

Hita, Susana Ramírez

FONTE

Ciênc. saúde coletiva

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2014-10

RESUMO

This article reflects upon the impact of globalization and interculturalism on the living conditions of indigenous peoples in South America. Through two examples - Bolivia and Argentina - it is seen how health interculturalism has transformed into a discourse and a practice that both global organizations and most Latin American countries have used to assimilate and attract indigenous communities. Traditional medicine is respected and valued without proposing changes to improve the living conditions of these population groups. This is especially true in those areas where land is being expropriated or contaminated with the extraction of gas, oil, minerals and the construction of dams, along with indiscriminate deforestation of the rainforest. Health/illness cannot be separated from the territorial conditions of these peoples since environmental health is critical for their survival.

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