by Jeffrey M. Brown “Literature, Medicine, Health [Special Issue].” Moving Worlds 19.2 (2019) A recent volume of Moving Worlds begins with a short poem by UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage entitled “Finishing It.” “I can’t configure / a tablet / chiselled by God’s finger / or forge / a scrawled prescription,” the poet admits; instead, […]
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December Issue: State, religion and the Marginalisation of traditional healing
In today’s post, we want to preview a summary of work by Shakir Ullah, He Guoqiang, Usman Khan, and Komal Niazi: State, religion and the marginalisation of traditional healing in Gwadar, Pakistan. In this ethnographic encounter, authors explore suppression and domination faced by traditional health seekers in Gwadar, Pakistan. The study aimed to provide an […]