Un accidente de tránsito visto a través de los ojos del chamanismo amazónico
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2020-05-19
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial
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Este trabajo se desarrolló con las comunidades indígenas del río Mirití-Paraná, un pequeño afluente del río Caquetá (Iapura), en el noroccidente de la cuenca amazónica en Colombia. Lo que presento a continuación es el itinerario terapéutico de Enio Yukuna, un hombre mayor que sufrió un accidente de tránsito y que al momento de relatar lo que le había ocurrido se remontó en su memoria varias décadas atrás para explicar que el principio de su mal se dio cuando fue a cazar una danta (tapir) en un salado. Su itinerario y la narración del suceso es pertinente pues habla de la forma en que se concibe el territorio, la cosmopolítica, los procesos ontológicos para aprender el chamanismo y también de la interacción con la biomedicina y el sistema médico occidental. Así, este hombre hace explícitos los procesos propios de curación que se dan en su área geográfica, pasando por chamanes de diferentes etnias y variados conocimientos y que se comportan de manera distinta ante su mal. Habla también de la complementariedad de género con su mujer y de los prejuicios hacia la migración de los jóvenes, y finalmente cuenta cómo fue remitido a Bogotá para ser atendido por su dolencia. Es una narración de gran riqueza y complejidad que nos da la posibilidad de navegar por los diversos universos amazónicos con relación a la salud de un individuo.
This work was carried out with the indigenous communities of the Mirití-Paraná river, a short tributary of the Caquetá (Japura) river, located northwest of Colombia’s Amazon basin. I set forth the therapeutic journey of Enio Yukuna, an old man who had a traffic accident and, when telling the story of what happened, recalled that his misfortune began some decades ago when he went tapir hunting in a clay lick. His story and journey are relevant because he talks about how he conceives the land, cosmopolitics, the ontological processes to learn shamanism, and of the interaction of biomedicine and the Western medical system. In doing so, he speaks explicitly of the typical healing processes that take place in his region, going through shamans of different ethnic groups and varied knowledge that behave in different ways vis-a-vis his afliction. He also talks about gender complementarity with his wife and about prejudice against youth migration, and finally tells how he was sent to Bogota to be treated for his ailment. It is an incredible story that gives us the opportunity to explore the multiple Amazonian universes regarding a person's health.
This work was carried out with the indigenous communities of the Mirití-Paraná river, a short tributary of the Caquetá (Japura) river, located northwest of Colombia’s Amazon basin. I set forth the therapeutic journey of Enio Yukuna, an old man who had a traffic accident and, when telling the story of what happened, recalled that his misfortune began some decades ago when he went tapir hunting in a clay lick. His story and journey are relevant because he talks about how he conceives the land, cosmopolitics, the ontological processes to learn shamanism, and of the interaction of biomedicine and the Western medical system. In doing so, he speaks explicitly of the typical healing processes that take place in his region, going through shamans of different ethnic groups and varied knowledge that behave in different ways vis-a-vis his afliction. He also talks about gender complementarity with his wife and about prejudice against youth migration, and finally tells how he was sent to Bogota to be treated for his ailment. It is an incredible story that gives us the opportunity to explore the multiple Amazonian universes regarding a person's health.
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Chamanismo, Itinerario terapeútico, Ontología, Autoatención, Intermedicalidad, Mirití-Paraná, Yukuna, Modelo explicativo
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