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Título del libro: Narrating Illness: Prospects And Constraints
Título del capítulo: Spatial notions and illness

Autores UNAM:
INGRIS DEL PILAR PELAEZ BALLESTAS;
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Año de publicación:
2019
Palabras clave:

Ankylosing spondylitis; Body; Health anthropology; Illness; Illness narratives; Musculoskeletal diseases; Narratives; Space; Spatial techniques; Techniques of the body


Resumen:

As anthropologists it may be fruitful to consider the way we construct space with our ethnographies; especially regarding illnesses from people with musculoskeletal diseases. The discussion of space in ethnographies and through narratives points to peculiarities and possibilities it could present for ethnographers trying to interpret and understand the way illness takes place in urban areas. Some of these conditions, for example: ankylosing spondylitis, carry consequences understood as disabilities. Part of this reflection shall be sustained from ethnographic fieldwork undergone in Chihuahua City, Mexico. This city belongs to a state located on the border with the United States, where certain indigenous groups live in both rural and urban areas. We present an approach to the health phenomenon with an indigenous person with ankylosing spondylitis who inhabits this place and not only interacts with it, but constructs new ways of existing through space and body alike. To better understand a disabled indigenous body in an urban space, we shall rely on the basic anthropological concept of 'technics of the body', while trying to connect with further spatial and technical notions; particularly what we understand as techniques of the body through space. Acknowledging the body without the space it occupies may prevent us from considering what seems to be beyond it, but ends up being a part of it too. Considering how and where people move from this perspective shall hopefully bring theoretical and methodological tools that could enhance our interpretation of illness. © Inter-Disciplinary Press 2016. All rights reserved.


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