This book showcases the diverse range of healing cultures, and explores how government action can have an impact through determining, promoting, protecting or destroying traditional cultural aspects of healing and wellbeing, based on a case study of Sri Lanka. It argues that diverse forms of healing practices matter not only because of their value in the health and wellbeing of the community, but also because they strongly contribute towards the intangible cultural heritage of the country. Identifying the diverse forms of healing practices existing in the country and the role of the existing regulatory mechanisms determines the potential for protecting the diversity of healing. Despite Sri Lanka being historically rich in traditional knowledge and expression, very little, if anything, has been written on regulating traditional practices related to health and wellbeing in the country, a lacuna which this volume fills.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'In an extraordinary study, Dr Nirekha de Silva has meticulously documented Sri Lanka's traditional healing and well-being practices. Without this book, this knowledge and understanding of ancient treatment practices would have been lost forever.'Dr Rohan Gunaratna Honorary Professor, Sir John Kotalawala Defence University, Sri Lanka'By distinguishing between formal and informal healing knowledge systems in Sri Lanka, the author effectively illustrates that while organized healthcare systems have existed in the country since the fourth century CE, traditional practices related to health and well-being are currently at risk of disappearing due to various factors such as political, socio-economic, and territorial pressures, as well as the negative impacts of globalization and trade liberalization.Ultimately, the book strongly advocates for the protection and promotion of all traditional healing and well-being practices in Sri Lanka.'Dr Sanjay GargOfficer on Special Duty in the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Secretariat under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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Verlagsort
Newcastle upon Tyne
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Editions-Typ
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 212 mm
Breite: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-3162-8 (9781527531628)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr Nirekha De Silva holds a PhD from the Law School of Griffith University, Australia. She is currently working as the Research Officer at the Odyssey House NSW, Australia, and is Adjunct Associate Lecturer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Medicine, UNSW, Australia. She has extensive international research experience in the fields of cultural diversity, human rights, marginalized communities, governance, harmony, health and wellbeing, and has engaged in projects conducted by the United Nations, the Colombo Plan, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the Sri Lankan Government.
