Health and Healing in South Asia

How do the people in South Asia think of health and illness? What are the theories behind the indigenous healing systems of Ayurveda, Siddha, Yunani, Yoga, etc., how did they evolve historically and how are they practised nowadays? What are the most current health issues in South Asia and how do the different health systems, both biomedical and the indigenous, respond? What is the impact of environmental changes on the health landscape of South Asia?

These are some of the central topics we wish to adress in a medical anthropological perspective in this portal.

Introduction
Digitized literature
- Schmidt, Richard
  Fakire und Fakirtum im alten und modernen Indien: Yoga-Lehre und Yoga-Praxis nach den indischen Originalquellen
  Berlin, 1908
E-Publications
- Alex, Gabriele
  Folk healing and the negotiation of shifting social identities in Tamil Nadu, India
  Göttingen, 2009
- Alter, Joseph S.
  The Wrestler’s Body.Identity and Ideology in North India
  Berkeley, 1992
- Cohen, Lawrence
  No Aging in India. Alzheimer's, the Bad Family, and Other Modern Things
  Berkeley, 1998
- Lamb, Sarah
  White Saris and Sweet Mangoes.Aging, Gender, and Body in North India
  Berkeley, 2000
Online resources
Publication series
Lecture series
Master degree "Health and Society in South Asia"
Academic support