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2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Anthropological study on the changing practices of folk healers in the Thai healthcare system

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 25770303
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Cultural anthropology
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

Koya Nobuko  東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 研究員 (20514326)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords文化人類学 / 民間医療 / タイ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since the 1990s, folk healers have formed healers’ groups in northern and northeastern Thailand. In the process of making these groups, they often cooperate with other institutions and people under particular social and geographical conditions. Joining the various activities of such healer groups, the healers have revitalized their healing practices and have again begun to play a role in people’s healthcare in their local communities.
Today, some healers have received certification as folk healers or a license in medical practice in Thai traditional medicine. They seem to be officially recognized; however, their practices are restricted and differ from the ones they use to treat people in the local community when they participate in public healthcare services.

Free Research Field

文化人類学

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Published: 2018-03-22  

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