Michael.Knipper[at]histor.med.uni-giessen.de
M.D., Ph.D (Habilitation, 2010). Clinical Training in Paediatrics and Tropical Medicine. 1997 – 1999 medical anthropoogical fieldwork in Ecuador. Since 2003: Lecturer for Medical History, Anthropoogy and Ethics at the Institute of the History of Medicine, University of Giessen, Germany. Since 2011: coordination of the Global Health Programme at the University of Giessen Medical School.
Research Interests
Medical Pluralism and ‘intercultural’ approaches in health; migration and health; ‘cultural competence training’; history and current applications of ethnography in medicine and health; hospital ethnography
Research Area(s)
Latin America (Ecuador, Peru), Germany
Publications
Monographs and Edited Volumes
2009. (together with Yasar Bilgin) ‘Migration und Gesundheit’. St. Augustin/Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. und Türkisch-Deutsche Gesundheitsstiftung e.V., 2009. Volltext: http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_16451-544-1-30.pdf?100422141713
2003. ‘Krankheit, Kultur und medizinische Praxis. Eine medizinethnologische Untersuchung zu ‚mal aire’ im Amazonastiefland von Ecuador’. (Band 2 der Reihe: Heinz Schott [ed.]: Medizin und Kulturwissenschaft – Bonner Beiträge zur Geschichte, Anthropologie und Ethik der Medizin.) Münster: LIT Verlag.
1999. (with Galo Mamallacta, Mauricio Narváez, Santiago Santi) ‘Mal Aire entre los Naporuna. Enfermedades por viento entre la gente que vivimos a la orilla del río Napo’. Coca (Ecuador): Ed. CICAME, FCUNAE und Sandi Yura.
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)
2013. ‘Joining Ethnography and History in Cultural Competence Training’. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry 37(2): DOI 10.1007/s11013-013-9315-1 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11013-013-9315-1
2010. (with Secil Akinci & Nedim Soydan) ‘Culture and Healthcare in Medical Education: Migrants’ Health and Beyond’. GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung 27(3): Doc41. [Download: externer Link: GMS Z Med Ausb., 188KB]
2010. (with Oswaldo Salaverry) ‘M. Kuczynski-Godard (1890-1967): Fotografías médico-antropológicas de la Amazonía y de los Andes peruanos, 1938-1948’. Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública 2010; 27(1): 146-150. [Download Artikel: pdf/ 1,9 MB]
2010. ‘Más allá de lo indígena: salud e interculturalidad a nivel global’. Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública 2010; 27(1): 94-101. [Download]
2010. (with Conny Seeleman & Marie-Louise Essik-Bot) ‘How should ethnic diversity be represented in medical curricula? A plea for systematic cultural competency training’. In: GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung 2010;27(2):Doc26 / Netherlands Journal of Medical Education/Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs 2010:29(1): 54-60. [Download]
2009. ‘Antropología y “crisis de la medicina”: el patólogo M. Kuczynski-Godard (1890-1967) y las poblaciones nativas en Asia Central y Perú’. DYNAMIS. Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam 29, 2009: 97-121. [descargar, pdf, 180KB]
Chapters in Edited Books
2010. ‘Traditionelle Medizin als strategische Ressource in Ecuador. Indianische Heilkunde im Kontext’. In: Dilger, Hansjörg and Bernhard Hadolt (eds.): Medizin im Kontext. Krankheit und Gesundheit in einer vernetzen Welt. pp. 193-212. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang.
2009. (with Verena Dannhardt) ‘30 Años de Cirugía en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana. Las Experiencias del Dr. Manuel Amunárriz y la Medicina Intercultural’. In: Fernández Juárez, Gerardo (Ed.): Salud e Interculturalidad en América Latina. Prácticas Quirúrgicas y Pueblos Originarios. pp. 203-217. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala.
2006. ‘El reto de la “medicina intercultural” y la historia de la “medicina tradicional” indígena contemporánea’. In: Gerardo Fernández Juárez (Coord.): Salud e Interculturalidad en América Latina. Antropología de la salud y crítica intercultural. pp. 413-432. Quito/Ecuador: Abya Yala.
2005. ‘Self, soul and intravenous infusion: medical pluralism and the concept of samay among the Naporuna in Ecuador’. In: Johannessen, Helle and Imre Lazar (eds.): Multiple medical realities. Patients and healers in biomedical, alternative and traditional medicine. pp. 238-261. Oxford/New York: Berghahn.
2003. ‘Was ist “Krankheit”? – Anmerkungen zur transkulturellen Anwendung des wissenschaftlichen Krankheitsbegriffs’. In: Hörbst, Viola and Angelika Wolf (eds.): Medizin und Globalisierung: Universelle Ansprüche – lokale Antworten. pp. 153-175. Münster: LIT Verlag.