أبعــاد
Volume 12, Numéro 2, Pages 405-430
2025-12-31
Traditional Healers And Their Status In Society: An Anthropological Study In The Dawun Area
Authors : Boussouar Nedjema . Goma Omar Farag .
Abstract
Abstract: The aim of this research is to explore traditional healers and their social status within the community. The study employed an anthropological approach and utilized fieldwork tools such as a field guide and interviews. These tools were applied to a group of traditional medicine practitioners and healers in the Al-Dawon area of Tarhuna, within the Libyan community. The findings revealed that many traditional healers acquire their knowledge and therapeutic skills through inheritance from parents or other relatives, or by apprenticing with non-relative healers. Their understanding of health and illness is deeply rooted in the cultural framework of their society. This cultural perspective influences both their interpretation of illnesses and the therapeutic prescriptions they provide, which align with the traditional worldview in which they operate. The research recommends the establishment of scientific centers dedicated to the study and instruction of traditional medicine. These centers should adhere to appropriate health and social standards, with the goal of training a new generation of traditional healers who are both scientifically informed and practically skilled.
Keywords
Traditional medicine ; folk healers ; culture and health ; cultural vision of illness ; medical anthropology
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