Comprehensions on Health and Diseases in a Black Sea Village
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 57, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper discusses the disease patterns of the villagers who live in Village Akıncılar located in Araç county of Kastamonu, and their perception of diseases. The purpose of the paper is to examine the ways in which the villagers express diseases, and demonstrate their approach toward modern and folk medicine/traditional medicine, and to reveal the place of both medical practices in rural area life. According to findings of the research although staying healthy is paid great significance by the villagers the manner in which the villagers assess their diseases vary depending on the type of disease. Although the villagers usually try to solve their health problems through modern medicine, traditional practices including magic are deemed to be significant part of medical pursuit today. Despite the villagers' account in which they pointed out not to have anything to do with magic in their daily lives, magic could be deemed the source of certain incidents and psychological problems, and could determine the framework of their life stories. This study draws attention to the fact that magic has psychological, cultural and social functions in the village, claiming that magic has a significant function in explaining certain facts deemed as extraordinary in the village.
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Oya TOPDEMİR KOÇYİĞİT
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