New Learning Objectives and Scientific Questions

Our group has gone through our google doc and rearranged/changed some of our LO and Scientific questions.

NEW LO:

We will learn what an explanatory model is and list its components.

We will outline and compare explanatory models for 4 different cultures using information collected from the literature.

We will compare how a biomedical explanatory model for a worm infestation of the body relates to two ethnomedical explanatory models for this disease.

We will illustrate how the world views of four specific cultures are integrated with their body concepts.

We will interpret and contrast the etiologies of disease for 4 cultures as represented in the literature.

NEW SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS:

1. What are the main variables that affect  a“hot” or cold” state? (this question will be primarily worked on by peter who is covering the article by Pool)
2. How do the Qollahuayan people of Nifiokorin, Kaata, and Apacheta’s view of hydrollic mountain systems relate to their view of body fluid cycles? (This question will be answered primarily by me. I am using Bastien's article)
3. How does the natural environment of people in the Luo Village of Kenya affect how they view worms and worm infestations of the body? And how does this perception of worms determine how they diagnose and treat the worms? (This will be answered primarily by Leisa who will be using Geissler's article)
4. How are humoral models of disease linked in comparison with global models? (This will be primarily answered by Kristine using Anderson's article)

   
   

   The group is continuing to work out our ideas in a google doc. We have started by deciding on specific cultures to research and dividing up the articles that cover each culture's view on medicine and disease. We are working on narrowing down our research and converting it to a powerpoint presentation.