Doctoral Dissertation: The Ontogeny of Medical Knowledge and Belief

该项目将研究秘鲁安第斯山脉一个小规模农民社区获得和发展民族医学知识的情况。它侧重于个体如何在他们的成熟和发展过程中(从童年到成年)获得他们的医学文化，以及影响这一获得过程的因素。将记录儿童时期的医学知识/理解，以及这种知识如何随着儿童的成熟而发生变化。研究人员认为，这一医学知识的案例研究将为了解知识系统的个体发生提供一个窗口，特别是儿童的概念形成和文化学习如何转化为成人民族理论。它建立在人类学、认知心理学和儿童发展理论的基础上。方法包括社区普查和健康概况，健康和疾病访谈，免费列表练习，以及社区医疗行为调查。

This project will study the acquisition and development of ethnomedical knowledge in a small-scale peasant community in the Peruvian Andes. It focuses on how individuals acquire their medical culture throughout their maturation and development (from childhood to adulthood), and on the factors that shape that acquisition process. Both childhood medical knowledge/ understanding and how this changes as the child matures will be documented. The researcher argues that this case study of medical knowledge will provide a window onto the ontogeny of knowledge systems, specifically how childhood conceptual formation and cultural learning are transformed into adult ethnotheories. It builds on theories in anthropology, cognitive psychology and child development. Methods include a community census and health profile, health and illness interviews, and free-listing exercises, as well as surveys of medical behavior in the community.