The Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion for Anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy and Medicine(AGEM) was found\u00aded in Ham\u00adburg in 1970 and is a non-prof\u00adit asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion with legal capac\u00adi\u00adty, an asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion of researchers and per\u00adsons and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions pro\u00admot\u00ading sci\u00adence. It pro\u00admotes inter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion between med\u00adi\u00adcine, the his\u00adto\u00adry of med\u00adi\u00adcine, human ecol\u00ado\u00adgy, med\u00adical soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy and psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy, the life sci\u00adences and the cul\u00adtur\u00adal and social sci\u00adences, espe\u00adcial\u00adly eth\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy and folk\u00adlore, with the aim of inten\u00adsi\u00adfy\u00ading the study of all med\u00adical cul\u00adtures world\u00adwide. It does this pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly by pub\u00adlish\u00ading the jour\u00adnal Curare, orga\u00adniz\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic sym\u00adposia, and col\u00adlect\u00ading and doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00ading lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture relat\u00aded to the top\u00adic and com\u00adpil\u00ading rel\u00ade\u00advant infor\u00adma\u00adtion on its website.<\/p>\n\n
Until 2018, the AGEM was called \u201eArbeits\u00adge\u00admein\u00adschaft Eth\u00adnomedi\u00adzin\u201d. How\u00adev\u00ader, the term \u201eeth\u00adnomed\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d has changed its mean\u00ading in pub\u00adlic dis\u00adcourse over time, and today\u2019s com\u00admon asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions and uses of the term no longer cor\u00adre\u00adspond to the inten\u00adtions of the found\u00ading of the AGEM as laid down in its statutes. Instead, since about 2000, the terms \u201eMedi\u00adzineth\u00adnolo\u00adgie\u201d, \u201eMedi\u00adz\u00adinan\u00adthro\u00adpolo\u00adgie\u201d and \u201eMed\u00adical Anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy\u201d have become more and more estab\u00adlished in Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy for what the AGEM already for\u00admu\u00adlat\u00aded as its own goals and tasks in 1970. In order to avoid cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00adings, the jour\u00adnal \u201eCurare\u201d, pub\u00adlished by AGEM, has already changed its sub\u00adti\u00adtle from \u201eZeitschrift f\u00fcr Eth\u00adnomedi\u00adzin und tran\u00adskul\u00adturelle Psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrie\u201d to \u201eZeitschrift f\u00fcr Medi\u00adzineth\u00adnolo\u00adgie\u201d in 2008 (for the 31st year). Also, on the AGEM web\u00adsite and in the AGEM cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addence, the term \u201eeth\u00adnomed\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d was replaced by phras\u00ades such as \u201einter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary field of eth\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy and med\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d long before the renam\u00ading. More\u00adover, in the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal dis\u00adcus\u00adsion and the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal per\u00adcep\u00adtion of the asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, the term \u201eeth\u00adnomed\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d as a Ger\u00adman-lan\u00adguage neol\u00ado\u00adgism (1955) eas\u00adi\u00adly leads to mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00adings, because the term can\u00adnot be trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201eeth\u00adnomed\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d. \u201eEth\u00adnomed\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d is under\u00adstood espe\u00adcial\u00adly in the Anglo-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan area as a sub\u00adfield of the \u201eMed\u00adical Anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy\u201d there, which is why the AGEM has part\u00adly put the term \u201eeth\u00adnomed\u00adi\u00adcine\u201d in quo\u00adta\u00adtion marks in Eng\u00adlish texts already since the 1980s. In order to do jus\u00adtice to these devel\u00adop\u00adments and to adapt the name of the asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion to its com\u00admon prac\u00adtice, it was decid\u00aded at the 2018 mem\u00adbers\u2019 meet\u00ading to rename the asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion \u201eArbeits\u00adge\u00admein\u00adschaft Eth\u00adnolo\u00adgie und Medi\u00adzin (AGEM)\u201d. Trans\u00adlat\u00aded into Eng\u00adlish, the name will be \u201eAsso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion for Anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy and Med\u00adi\u00adcine (AGEM)\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion for Anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy and Medicine(AGEM) was found\u00aded in Ham\u00adburg in 1970 and is a non-prof\u00adit asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion with legal capac\u00adi\u00adty, an asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion of researchers and persons \u2026 <\/p>\n