Introduction

Lüddeckens, Dorothea; Schrimpf, Monika

doi:10.14361/9783839445822-002

Medicine - Religion - Spirituality

2018

DOI: 10.14361/9783839445822-002

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Introduction

Dorothea Lüddeckens¹,

Monika Schrimpf²

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Making Sense of Change: Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation—An Introduction

Berriane¹,

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Kreil

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Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation

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In this introductory chapter the authors discuss ways of studying change that go beyond a chronology of events and sweeping laws of evolution and that take into account the ways in which people live through, experience, desire, create, and challenge change. How can we‚ at the same time‚ gain a longue durée perspective on societal transformations and give a truthful account of the ways our different interlocutors describe, name, and understand the changes they are living and the kinds of future they expect? The authors first situate this question within broader disciplinary debates, focusing particularly on debates in anthropology and its focus on studying history and change through ethnography. Ethnography is a crucial instrument for uncovering and analyzing the relationship between emic and etic perspectives of change, as well as the complex and often contradictory interplay of continuity and change beyond linear periodization and teleological presuppositions. The authors argue for a combination of multiple methods of investigation that borrow from both ethnography and other methods of data collection and analysis, and for an analytical framework that articulates three levels of analysis: the unit of analysis, the empirical data and the metanarratives of change.

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Making Sense of Change: Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation—An Introduction

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Synthesis and Outlook

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Winiger²

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This chapter explores how the discussions of the preceding chapters might contribute to a better understanding of the ‘spiritual dimension’ of health as a useful concept for global health research and practice. The frequency with which the WHO refers to this term may be an indication that it has a significant function in the health context. It is clear from the previous chapters that it has often served as an umbrella term. Such terms are comprehensive at the cost of specificity. ‘Medicine’, ‘care’, and ‘science’ are examples of this trade-off. Umbrella terms are starting points, not operational concepts. They fulfil an integrative function. Thus, the term ‘spiritual dimension’ bridges the divide between the religious and the secular spheres. This chapter examines the most comprehensive attempt to date by WHO internal actors to conceptually distinguish a ‘spiritual dimension’ of health from ‘mental’, ‘social’, and ‘physical’ dimensions, and discusses its potential as an evaluative concept relevant to healthcare professionals and researchers.

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