Those of us who live in the south because there is more ‘monte’
Situated knowledge about the vector-borne transmission of Chagas disease in the urban landscape of Merida (Mexico)
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https://doi.org/10.17561/rae.v22.6826Keywords:
American trypanosomiasis, Social knowledge, Qualitative research, Anthropology, RiskAbstract
The study deals with the situated knowledge of two socioeconomically differentiated groups regarding Chagas disease and the vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the urban context. I argue that the social understanding of the subject accounts for a complex framework that interrelates the different practices and conceptions regarding the natural in which animals, vectors and the population participate, the differentiated socioeconomic conditions of life within the city, among the urban and rural areas, as well as the role played - passively or actively - by central actors, such as the role of health authorities and the local media. Situated knowledge, contextualized in a broader social system of social marginalization and institutional neglect, questions and gives new perspectives on approaches to communication, public health and the care of people affected by Chagas.
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