BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a5e8ea655c7884d5efa9eef172bf543 CATEGORIES:Default CREATED:20220418T233255 SUMMARY:Organizing Care: Zapotec Indigenous Views on Aging and Dementia LOCATION:Zoom (Link Located Above) DESCRIPTION:
Date of Talk: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 at 2:00PM
Org anizing Care: Zapotec Indigenous Views on Aging and Dementia
With Teresa Martinez Chavez
Dementia is a neurological impairment characterized by a decl
ine in memory and other cognitive abilities. As a global health concern, pu
blic health officials have categorized dementia as the new “epidemic,” faci
ng societies today. Memory loss also appears to be of increasing concern fo
r Indigenous people, for whom respect and care for the elderly are built in
to the fabric of Indigenous communities. However, few have observed the exp
eriences and conceptions of dementia within Indigenous contexts. Accordingl
y, this research asks: How Indigenous people come to experience and underst
and the changes that happen as the body ages? How is Indigenous understandi
ng of memory loss affected by socioeconomic constraints, and different cult
ural perspectives of age and memory?
Through a combination of p
articipant observation, and semi-structured interviews with family members
of dementia patients, activists, medical professionals, and document analys
is, this discussion investigates these questions by studying the activism o
f Zapotec Indigenous women part of a heath committee– known as Avales – as
they organize to navigate and change biomedical care so it meets the needs
of their elders.
Teresa Martinez is a Ph.D. candidate at the New York Unive rsity Department of Anthropology. Her research focuses on gender and health , Indigenous women activism, Social movements in Latin America, the politic s of memory and elderly care in Mexico. Her dissertation tentatively titled , Organizing Care: Cultural Understanding of Aging and Dementia examines th e socio-cultural constructions of aging, dementia, and the politics of memo ry through the lens and activism of Indigenous Zapotec women. Her research has been supported by the Tinker Foundation, Social Science Research Counci l and National Science Foundation fellowship.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Date of Talk: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 at 2:00PM
Org anizing Care: Zapotec Indigenous Views on Aging and Dementia
With Teresa Martinez Chavez
Dementia is a neurological impairment characterized by a decl
ine in memory and other cognitive abilities. As a global health concern, pu
blic health officials have categorized dementia as the new “epidemic,” faci
ng societies today. Memory loss also appears to be of increasing concern fo
r Indigenous people, for whom respect and care for the elderly are built in
to the fabric of Indigenous communities. However, few have observed the exp
eriences and conceptions of dementia within Indigenous contexts. Accordingl
y, this research asks: How Indigenous people come to experience and underst
and the changes that happen as the body ages? How is Indigenous understandi
ng of memory loss affected by socioeconomic constraints, and different cult
ural perspectives of age and memory?
Through a combination of p
articipant observation, and semi-structured interviews with family members
of dementia patients, activists, medical professionals, and document analys
is, this discussion investigates these questions by studying the activism o
f Zapotec Indigenous women part of a heath committee– known as Avales – as
they organize to navigate and change biomedical care so it meets the needs
of their elders.
Teresa Martinez is a Ph.D. candidate at the New York Unive rsity Department of Anthropology. Her research focuses on gender and health , Indigenous women activism, Social movements in Latin America, the politic s of memory and elderly care in Mexico. Her dissertation tentatively titled , Organizing Care: Cultural Understanding of Aging and Dementia examines th e socio-cultural constructions of aging, dementia, and the politics of memo ry through the lens and activism of Indigenous Zapotec women. Her research has been supported by the Tinker Foundation, Social Science Research Counci l and National Science Foundation fellowship.
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