The market: A dive into the Afro-Brazilian sacred universe?

Authors

  • Ana Cristina de Souza Mandarino Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.
  • Alexnaldo Neves de Jesus Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.
  • Sandra Regina Passy Secretaria do Estado de Saúde da Bahia, Brasil.
  • Estélio Gomberg Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v5i4.770

Keywords:

Candomblé, public market, phytotherapy, health-disease process

Abstract

Candomblé terreiros (plots of land) are intended as spaces to preserve African religious traditions within the Brazilian diaspora. In addition, they serve as multifunctional spaces for the purpose of integrating, autonomously or by means of governmental or international partnerships, the agenda of social actions aimed at developing a model of health care structured on values and norms. The aim is to rationally engage the conventional medical system, thus setting the stage for health care possibilities based on different cultural models. This model is associated with an understanding of the knowledge and practices developed and performed by Candomblé as a therapeutic system that might enable collaboration with local health systems and their specificities based on the system’s significant use of plants for therapeutic purposes. Therefore, these religious therapeutic practices are addressed as a mechanism for opening communication channels with social spaces, particularly the public market, which is the preferred locus for Afro-Brazilian sacred consumption and presents an issue related to public policies and programs for natural and complementary medicines and/or medicinal plants and phytotherapic agents.

Author Biographies

Ana Cristina de Souza Mandarino, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

Professora Visitante da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz e Professora Colaboradora no Programa de Pós-Graduação de Estudos, Pesquisas e  Formação em Políticas e Gestão de Segurança Pública, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

Alexnaldo Neves de Jesus, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

Graduando em Ciências Sociais, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

Sandra Regina Passy, Secretaria do Estado de Saúde da Bahia, Brasil.

Especialista em Gestão da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia e Administradora Hospitalar da Secretaria do Estado de Saúde da Bahia, Brasil.

Estélio Gomberg, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

Pós-Doutor em Ciências Sociais, Bolsista Fapesb Pós-Doc I, Professor Colaborador no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais e no  Programa de Estudos, Pesquisas e Formação em Políticas e Gestão de Segurança Pública, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.

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How to Cite

Mandarino, A. C. de S., Jesus, A. N. de, Passy, S. R., & Gomberg, E. (2011). The market: A dive into the Afro-Brazilian sacred universe?. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 5(4). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v5i4.770

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2011): Temático | Saúdes, corpos e contextos interculturais

Section

Original articles

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