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Florian Besch studied Anthropology, Indology and Tibetology at the University G\u00f6ttingen. 2001 he finished his studies with the thesis \u2018Medizinischer Pluralismus in Indien. Zum Verh\u00e4ltnis von internationalen, staatlichen und lokalen Organisationen in der prim\u00e4ren Gesundheitspflege\u2019. Afterwards he worked in the research unit of the French NGO Nomad RSI and accompanied a project on the integration of Tibetan medicine in primary health care in Lingshed (Ladakh). In 2006 he received his PhD at the University of Heidelberg for his work on Tibetan physicians in the northwestern Indian Himalayas, Ladakh and Spiti (\u2018Tibetan medicine off the roads: Modernizing the work of the amchi in Spiti\u2019). 2006 to 2008 he was assistant professor at the South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg.
\nSince 2008 Florian Besch is a freelance Anthropologist and Trainer (HRD and personality development). He teaches as a lecturer at the Institute of Anthropology and the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg on topics of medical anthropology and field research. Since 2010 he in a research project at the Charit\u00e9 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin on spiritual healers in Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Interests<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Complementary medicine and alternative healing methods in Germany; modernization of Asian medical systems; ritual and spiritual healing; Asian martial- and healing arts; international Health<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Area(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Germany; Ladakh and Spiti (Indian Himalaya)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Journal Articles<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2014. (together with M. Teut et al.): \u201ePerceived outcomes of spiritual healing and explanations – a qualitative study on the perspectives of German healers and their clients\u201d. In: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14 (240). http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/1472-6882\/14\/240<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Monographs and Edited Volumes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2006. \u2018Tibetan medicine off the roads: Modernizing the work of the amchi in Spiti\u2019. http:\/\/www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de\/archiv\/7893\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapters in Edited Books<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2015. (together with F. Jeserich et al.): \u201eRadikale K\u00f6rper-Empathie spiritueller Heiler und somatische Gegen\u00fcbertragungen im Heilritual: Ein Beispiel f\u00fcr das methodologische Spiel mit psychoanalytischen Konzepten in der Religionswissenschaft\u201c. In: Klinkhammer, Gritt and Eva Tolksdorf (eds.): Somatisierung des Religi\u00f6sen: Empirische Studien zum rezenten religi\u00f6sen Heilungs- und Therapiemarkt. Bremen: University of Bremen, 339-378. http:\/\/nbn-resolving.de\/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00104231-10<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2010. \u2018Rituelle Heilungspraktiken als Ressource einer lokalen Identit\u00e4t traditioneller tibetischer \u00c4rzte in Spiti, Nordwestindien\u2019. In: Dilger, Hansj\u00f6rg and Bernhard Hadolt (eds.): Medizin im Kontext: Krankheit und Gesundheit in einer vernetzten Welt. pp. 267-286. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang Verlag.<\/span><\/p>\n

2008. \u2018Shorinji-Ryu Karate-Do mit Morbus Meni\u00e8re- und Tinnitus-Betroffenen. Zur heilp\u00e4dagogischen Wirksamkeit von Kampfkunst\u2019. In: J\u00f6rg-Michael Wolters (ed.): Budop\u00e4dagogik. Kampfkunst in P\u00e4dagogik, Therapie und Coaching. \u00a0pp. 110-119. M\u00fcnchen: Ziel-Verlag.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Making a Medical Living: On the monetisation of Tibetan Medicine in Spiti\u2019. In: Mona Schrempf (ed.): Soundings in Tibetan medicine. Anthropological and historical perspectives. Proceedings of the 10th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (PIATS), Oxford, 2003. pp. 155-170. Leiden: Brill Publishers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conference Presentations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2015. \u201eChinese Medicine and Tibetan Medicine as Medical Systems\u201c. Workshop on 03.02.2015 at the \u201cPublic Health Anthropology Course\u201c at the Institute for Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

2013. \u2018Concepts of Healing among Healers and their Clients in Germany, or: How Patients become Healers\u2019. Presentation with Christine Holmberg on 16.02.2013 at the workshop \u2018Religion and Medicine. Epistemology, Law, and Everyday Experience and Practice\u2019 at the Institut f\u00fcr Ethnologie, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Amchi medicine in Spiti: local knowledge vs. modern scholarly medicine\u2019. Presentation on 26.10.2007 at the seminar \u2018Savoir th\u00e9rapeutique et mati\u00e8res m\u00e9dicinales dans le monde tib\u00e9tain. Perspectives en sciences sociales\u2019 at the Centre d’Anthropologie Sociale (LISST), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales – Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse le Mirail.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Tibetan medicine in the Indian public health system\u2019. Presentation on 29.06.2007 at the Dieter Conrad Lecture and Conference \u2018Modernity, malady and medicine: politics, health policy and implementation in India after independence\u2019 at the S\u00fcdasien-Institut, Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Healing Rituals as Markers of an Identity of Spiti Amchi\u2019. Presentation on 18.05.2007 at the workshop \u2018Embodiment, Ritual, and the Sacred Landscape in Tibetan Healing\u2019 at the University of Oxford.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018The Anthropology of Health Care Situations and Institutions in Ladakh\u2019. Workshop on 08.05.2007 at the seminar \u2018Medical Anthropology as a Tool for Public Health\u2019 at the Institut f\u00fcr Tropenhygiene und Public Health, Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

2007. \u2018Chinese Medicine and Tibetan Medicine as Medical Systems\u2019. Presentation on 02.05.2007 in the seminar \u2018Medical Anthropology as a Tool for Public Health\u2019 \u2013 at the Institut f\u00fcr Tropenhygiene und Public Health, Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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