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Wreford, Joanne Thobeka Daughter of Jack and Rosalind Wreford.
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Working With Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa (Epistemologies of Healing)
(In the current model of health dispensation in South Afri...)
In the current model of health dispensation in South Africa there are two major paradigms, the spirit-inspired tradition of izangoma sinyanga, and biomedicine. These operate at best in parallel, but more often than not are at odds with one another. This book, based on the author s personal experience as a practitioner of traditional African medicine, considers the effects of the absence of spirit in biomedicine on collaborative relationships. Given the unprecedented challenge of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, the author suggests that more cooperation is vital. Taking a critical look at the role of anthropology in this endeavor, she proposes the development of a language of spirit by means of which the spirit-inspired aetiology of izangoma sinyanga may be made comprehensible to academic scientists and applicable to medical interventions. The author discusses white izangoma in the context of current debates on healing and hybridity and insists that there exists a powerful role for izangoma in the realm of societal healing. Above all, the book constitutes a start in what the author hopes will develop into an ongoing intellectual conversation between traditional African healing, academe and biomedicine in South Africa.
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Working With Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa (Epistemologies of Healing) by Jo Thobeka Wreford (2008) Hardcover
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[(Working with Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa)] [Author: Jo Thobeka Wreford] published on (May, 2008)
(In the current model of health dispensation in South Afri...)
In the current model of health dispensation in South Africa there are two major paradigms, the spirit-inspired tradition of izangoma sinyanga and biomedicine. This text considers the absence of spirit in biomedicine on collaborative relationships.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050X7Z0A/?tag=2022091-20
Joanne Thobeka Wreford
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Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, University Cape Town, South Africa, 2005.
Career
Architect London Borough Hackney, 1972—1984. Group leader architect City Sheffield, England, 1985—1986, London Borough Haringey, 1986—1987. Associate architect Energy Conscious Design, 1987—1992.
Head building department Cold Comfort Farm Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1992—1997. Research fellow, ASRU CSSR, University Cape Town, since 2004.
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Working With Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa (Epistemologies of Healing)
(In the current model of health dispensation in South Afri...)
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[(Working with Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa)] [Author: Jo Thobeka Wreford] published on (May, 2008)
(In the current model of health dispensation in South Afri...)
- Working With Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa (Epistemologies of Healing) by Jo Thobeka Wreford (2008) Hardcover
- Working with spirit; experiencing izangoma healing in contemporary South Africa.
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Working With Spirit: Experiencing Izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa (Epistemologies of Healing)
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Trainer and adviser traditional medicine Health Opportunities for People Everywhere, Cape Town. Member of Western Cape Province Traditional and Spiritual Healers' Association.
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2005
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1972 - 1984
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1985 - 1986
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1986 - 1987
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1987 - 1992
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1992 - 1997
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2004