Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Kiil, Mona Anita"
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In Home we trust. An ethnographic study of mental health and the use of traditional medicine in a North Norwegian community
Kiil, Mona Anita (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-05-24)Traditional healing practices used when faced with illness or crisis, exist in many North Norwegian communities. Northern Troms has a historical multi-ethnicity of Sami, Kven and Norwegian. The notion of culture appears ambivalent and ambiguous, particularly concerning the Sami identity, but cultural diversity is nevertheless manifested through the use of traditional healing practices such as reading. ...