Permeable bodies: Posession in Dersim
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2018
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Altınbaş Üniversitesi
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The local etiology of mental disorders in the Alevi healing tradition of Dersim point to intruders from mystical realms, “mılaket”, who posess human selves with a weakened sense of personal will. Liminal temporalities and spaces are categorized as providing the setting for symbiotic encounters between the human selves and nonselves. In this work, a short introduction into the local belief on posession will be provided. The actual operation of agency in the experience of posession is exemplified on the narrative account of a local healthcare officer, who stands between modern medicine and the local healing tradition. The co-existence of biomedicine and Alevi healing tradition in Dersim is less burdened by the necessity of “trans-cultural translation”, as many of the practicing biomedical professionals and administrative workers in healthcare are rooted in the Dersim Alevi culture. The reason for the possibility of co-existence can be that, the marcation lines between biomedicine and Alevi healing tradition is drawn by Dersim Alevi healthcare professionals themselves.
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Medical Pluralism, Spirit Posession, Alevi Healing Tradition, Dersim, Subjectivity, Liminality
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AURUM Journal Health Sciences
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Künye
Yürür, G. (2019). Permeable bodies: Posession in Dersim. Aurum Journal of Health Sciences, 1(1), 39-45.
