Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0060570

Zusammenfassung

Researching the ways a society talks about, and deals with, what is referred to as mental health or illness is a deeply anthropological endeavor. The way people give meaning to health and illness, normality and abnormality, sanity and madness tells us something profound about the society they live in, its norms and values and the various social, emotional and physical sufferings people face. Similarly, the institutions and practices that a society develops to foster health and sanity and to prevent, treat or otherwise deal with illness and abnormality reflect its understanding of indiv...