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- I am an anthropologist and a pharmacologist with the CNRS in Paris, affiliated to a research unit focused on science,... moreI am an anthropologist and a pharmacologist with the CNRS in Paris, affiliated to a research unit focused on science, medicine and society (Cermes3). I specialized in the social study of science and medicine, with an emphasis on Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda in India. Part of my research interests also revolve around the anthropology of pharmaceuticals in Cambodia. My current work examines the advent of science and technology in the herbal pharmaceutical industry, the global circulation of drugs, transnational health, and heterodox pharmaceutical practices.edit
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Pordié, L. (2015). Regional conflicts, collective identities and the neutrality of the clinical encounter: A note on tibetan Medicine in Ladakh, In C. Ramble & U. Roesler (eds.). Tibetan and Himalayan Healing. An Anthology for Anthony... more
Pordié, L. (2015). Regional conflicts, collective identities and the neutrality of the clinical encounter: A note on tibetan Medicine in Ladakh, In C. Ramble & U. Roesler (eds.). Tibetan and Himalayan Healing. An Anthology for Anthony Aris, Katmandu: Vajra Publications
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Depuis le milieu des années 1970, le développement du tourisme saisonnier dans la région himalayenne du Ladakh attire de nombreux étrangers intéressés par la médecine tibétaine. Quelques praticiens aguerris à l’anglais ont saisi cette... more
Depuis le milieu des années 1970, le développement du tourisme saisonnier dans la région himalayenne du Ladakh attire de nombreux étrangers intéressés par la médecine tibétaine. Quelques praticiens aguerris à l’anglais ont saisi cette occasion pour s’adresser directement à cette nouvelle clientèle au travers de consultations cliniques ou de courts exposés publics. Cet article concerne cette manifestation locale de la globalisation thérapeutique. Plus précisément, il s’intéresse à la façon dont les praticiens présentent un savoir médical élaboré et complexe dans l’intention de le rendre intelligible par des patients internationaux habituellement profanes. Les praticiens procèdent de façon pragmatique en espérant établir un espace de communication mais ni leur savoir médical ni leur pratique ne s’en trouvent profondément modifiés pour autant. La brièveté de ces interactions impose cependant une simplification et une reformulation du savoir qui accentue des caractéristiques existantes ...
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Ethnographical views on the valaikāppu. A pregnancy rite in Tamil Nadu
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This article examines the fabric of transnationalism in the health field through the prism of therapeutic travel and the transnational production of medical knowledge and practice. It takes travel, occasional and virtual contacts across... more
This article examines the fabric of transnationalism in the health field through the prism of therapeutic travel and the transnational production of medical knowledge and practice. It takes travel, occasional and virtual contacts across international borders to be important forms of transnational encounters. For this purpose, the notion of "space of connectivity" is introduced to highlight the intersections of transnational networks and circuits and the myriad ways space and time deploy themselves. Circulations within these circuits converge in situated nodal points, such as clinics or (virtual) classrooms, where connectivity between geographically mobile and immobile agents intensifies. These nodal points result from the crystallization of transnational social, material and technological formations in a particular place and at a particular moment in time. They are stabilized by motionless actors. By examining spatiality and temporality in these contexts, this article fram...
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The phrase 'global health' appears ubiquitously in contemporary medical spheres, from academic research programs to websites of pharmaceutical companies. In its most visible manifestation, global health refers to... more
The phrase 'global health' appears ubiquitously in contemporary medical spheres, from academic research programs to websites of pharmaceutical companies. In its most visible manifestation, global health refers to strategies addressing major epidemics and endemic conditions through philanthropy, and multilateral, private-public partnerships. This book explores the origins of global health, a new regime of health intervention in countries of the global South born around 1990, examining its assemblages of knowledge, practices and policies. The volume proposes an encompassing view of the transition from international public health to global health, bringing together historians and anthropologists to analyse why new modes of "interventions on the life of others" recently appeared and how they blur the classical divides between North and South. The contributors argue that not only does the global health enterprise signal a significant departure from the postwar targets and modes of operations typical of international public health, but that new configurations of action have moved global health beyond concerns with infectious diseases and state-based programs. The book will appeal to academics, students and health professionals interested in new discussions about the transnational circulation of drugs, bugs, therapies, biomedical technologies and people in the context of the "neo-liberal turn" in development practices.
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This article examines the transmission of Tibetan medical knowledge in the Himalayan region of Ladakh (India), taking three educational settings as ethnographic ports of entry. Each of these corresponds to a different operating mode in... more
This article examines the transmission of Tibetan medical knowledge in the Himalayan region of Ladakh (India), taking three educational settings as ethnographic ports of entry. Each of these corresponds to a different operating mode in the standardisation of medical knowledge and learning processes, holding profound implications for the way this therapeutic tradition is known, valued, applied and passed on to the next generation. Being at the same time a cause and a consequence of intra-regional variability in Tibetan medicine, the three institutional forms coexist in constant interaction with one another. The authors render this visible by examining the 'taskscapes' that characterize each learning context, that is to say, the specific and interlocking sets of practices and tasks in which a practitioner must be skilled in order to be considered competent. The authors build upon this notion by studying two fields of transmission and practice, relating to medicine production a...