Medical Anthropology ForumBlurred Boundaries: Measles as Sacred Illness in Sindh Province
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- Tuesday, 11. July 2023, 17:15 Uhr
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- Dr. Inayat Ali, Universität Wien (Österreich), Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Local people of Sindh consider measles as a necessary-sacred illness. Despite their different belief system, even Muslims draw its etiology in Hindu mythology that it is a manifestation of the Hindu deity, Maata. To deal with it, people play Bhajjan and observe various rituals. Based on Dr Ali's PhD fieldwork, this talk will focus on such lay perceptions and practices that prevail in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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About Inayat Ali
Dr Inayat Ali is a medical anthropologist. Currently, he serves as Incharge, Department of Public Health and Allied Sciences and Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is also a Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria. His research interests include infectious diseases; vaccination; structural violence; syndemics; maternal health; and the global south.