Author/Editor		Telban, Borut
Title		Sickness and a time in a Sepik community
Type		članek
Source		In: Zwitter M, Ećimović P, editors. Advanced course on ethics in oncology: program and course material; 2000 Jun 25-28; Bled. Ljubljana: Institute of oncology,
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 105-8
Language		eng
Abstract		In this short article about the association between time, health and sickness in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea I examine people's practices and introduce their own concepts as they are axpressed and thought about in their own Karawari vernacular. I argue that it is the relationship between kay (habit, manner, way of doing things) and wambung ('insideness', understanding) - both being extended to the past and the future, both involving many individual and collec- tive dimensions - which with its processual multidimensional nature - every process includes tempo, rythm, temporal strategies, etc. - produces multidimensional time as it produces itself. The relationship between "way of doing things" and "understanding" is the most important for Ambonwari conceptualization of their life-world, including health and sickness.
Descriptors		ATTITUDE TO HEALTH SICK ROLE CONCEPT FORMATION PAPUA NEW GUINEA HABITS ETHNIC GROUPS