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Accepted Paper:
African medical alternatives, power dynamics and communication
Véronique Duchesne
(Université de Paris)
Paper short abstract:
The film Victory! Infertility Healed! speaks about alternatives to state powers and biomedical authority. Healing is now a globalized market, even in African States. One goal is to show different ways used by African healers to communicate about their job.
Paper long abstract:
The film Victory! Infertility Healed! (2015, 28mn) speaks about alternatives to state powers and biomedical authority. Healing, and more specially infertility healing, is now a globalized market, even in African States. I propose to discuss the origin of the film (a research in medical anthropology) and its final structure (cinematography, sound track composition, etc.). One goal is to show different ways used by African healers to communicate about their job.