APY2602
Assignment 2
Unique No:
Due 2025
, Module Code: APY2602
Module Name: Anthropology of Health
Assignment Number: 2
Semester: 2, 2025
Student Name: ___________________________
Student Number: _________________________
Unique Number: __________________________
Lecturer: _______________________________
DECLARATION OF OWN WORK 1.
I declare that this assignment is my own original work. 2. I have not copied or
plagiarised the work of another student, author, or internet source. 3. All sources that I
have used have been properly acknowledged and referenced in accordance with the
Harvard referencing style. 4. I have not submitted this work previously, in whole or in
part, for any other module or at any other institution. 5. I understand that plagiarism is a
serious academic offence that can result in disciplinary action by the University of South
Africa.
Signature: _______________________________
Date: __________________________________
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Critiquing the Universality of Biomedicine
2. Understanding Health, Illness, and Healing as Social and Cultural Constructs o a)
Holistic Perspectives and Medical Pluralism o b) Cultural Meaning and Classification
3. Comparing Western Biomedicine and Indigenous Healing Systems o Kallawaya
Healers of the Andes o Mapuche Machi (Shamans)
Assignment 2
Unique No:
Due 2025
, Module Code: APY2602
Module Name: Anthropology of Health
Assignment Number: 2
Semester: 2, 2025
Student Name: ___________________________
Student Number: _________________________
Unique Number: __________________________
Lecturer: _______________________________
DECLARATION OF OWN WORK 1.
I declare that this assignment is my own original work. 2. I have not copied or
plagiarised the work of another student, author, or internet source. 3. All sources that I
have used have been properly acknowledged and referenced in accordance with the
Harvard referencing style. 4. I have not submitted this work previously, in whole or in
part, for any other module or at any other institution. 5. I understand that plagiarism is a
serious academic offence that can result in disciplinary action by the University of South
Africa.
Signature: _______________________________
Date: __________________________________
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Critiquing the Universality of Biomedicine
2. Understanding Health, Illness, and Healing as Social and Cultural Constructs o a)
Holistic Perspectives and Medical Pluralism o b) Cultural Meaning and Classification
3. Comparing Western Biomedicine and Indigenous Healing Systems o Kallawaya
Healers of the Andes o Mapuche Machi (Shamans)
