Globalization of Asian medicines

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Medicines from Asia today have a cosmopolitan characteristic. While shifting and being transformed through contact with new societies, these medicines embody fragments of cultures and specific nations, on which lay the foundations of their legitimacy. This situation allows to ponder on, on the one hand, the dynamics of the international market on alternative medicines, and on the other hand, the relationships between certain forms of nationalisms and trans-nationalization of medicines, and their respective impacts on knowledge and practices related to health.

These themes were explored during a workshop coordinated by Laurent Pordié, Head of the Social Sciences Department at the IFP, during the 3rd Congress of the Asia Network- IMASIE (National Centre for Scientific Research, France; Institute of Asian Worlds) held in Paris from September 26 to 28, 2007. The lectures dealt with Indian, Chinese and Tibetan medicines, and discussed by Francis Zimmermann, directeur d’études at the School for Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS).

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