BETWEEN PROFESSIONALIZATION AND THE ART OF THE CURE. Contributions to the study of alternative medical practice or New Age through the analysis of therapists’ socio-occupational trajectories

Authors

  • Mariana Bordes CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to outline some analytical coordinates for the study of a growing phenomenon in contemporary societies: the presence of alternative therapies, usually related to the New Age movement, in users’ healthcare strategies. Considering the systematization’s obstacles of this social space (because of the diversity of disciplines and perspectives) we will focus on the occupational and learning trajectories of three specialists, as a strategy to distinguish different ways of constructing the medical alternative practice in the city of Buenos Aires. Confronting the standardization patterns of biomedical formative practices, we find that, in the universe of alternative medicine, the process of “becoming a therapist” involves a complex articulation of cultural, social and biographic aspects, which goes far beyond the institutional career.

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Published

2014-11-16

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How to Cite

Bordes, M. (2014). BETWEEN PROFESSIONALIZATION AND THE ART OF THE CURE. Contributions to the study of alternative medical practice or New Age through the analysis of therapists’ socio-occupational trajectories. Antropología Experimental, 9. https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/rae/article/view/1979