Mosaic for Becoming a Woman Healer: Origins, Knowledges and Practices from Situated Knowledge
Women healers throughout history have cultivated knowledge about life-cycles, use of plants and connection with the spiritual world as ways of survival. However, science and the church, protected by the patriarchy, have discredited and persecuted them as witches and superstitious. Despite this, they...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/4236 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/4236 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mujeres curanderas brujas saberes populares conocimiento situado justicia epistémica Women Healers Witches Traditional Knowledge Situated Knowledge Epistemic Justice |
| Sumario: | Women healers throughout history have cultivated knowledge about life-cycles, use of plants and connection with the spiritual world as ways of survival. However, science and the church, protected by the patriarchy, have discredited and persecuted them as witches and superstitious. Despite this, they continue to resist others’ power over their bodies, their emotions and their own knowledge. Belisa is one of these women who maintains her healing practice in the face of multiple forms of violence. She holds a firm belief that forgiveness and awareness are the paths to heal herself and others. Her life invites reflection on epistemic justice. |
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