“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” …………………………………………………………………………– Mohandas K. Gandhi … On my desk sits a spoon I bought in a restaurant in northern Laos. It’s lightweight, bigger than a tablespoon, and full of tiny dents that some unknown metalsmith hammered into it. The owner was bemused that in [...]
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Reconciliation, Biology, and the Second Indochina War
Posted in Altruism, Biocultural, Cambodia, Cooperation and conflict, Hmong, Laos, Neuroscience, Psychology, Reconciliation, Refugees, Second Indochina War, Southeast Asian, UXO, Vietnam, War and health, tagged ALP, Forgiveness, Guilt, John Plummer, Kim Phuc, Pham Thanh Cong, William Calley on March 11, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Killer Ghosts & Broken Hearts: The Mystery of Sudden Unexplained Death in Sleep in Asian Men
Posted in anthropology, Biocultural, Genetics, Global Health, Hmong, Nutrition, Population Health, Refugees, Southeast Asian, SUDS on September 26, 2010 | 12 Comments »
One of the strengths of a biocultural perspective in anthropology is its broad approach to understanding human biology and health (Wiley and Allen 2008). Such a framework seems particularly appropriate when looking at the fascinating phenomenon of SUDS (Sudden Unexplained Death During Sleep). Though SUDS first appeared in the medical literature 1917 in the Philippines, [...]
A Human Biology of War: The Proximate and the Ultimate
Posted in anthropology, Biology, Evolution, Fetal origins, Global Health, Health Disparities, Human growth, Population Health, Refugees, Stress, War and health on July 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
… On the surface, it may not be so clear where war, health, and evolution intersect. From the perspective of biological anthropology, many have called for a holistic, transdisciplinary approach to human biology and health which considers the environment as the totality of its evolutionary, ecological, and social components, including social inequality (Little and Haas [...]
Laos: The Not So Secret War
Posted in Hmong, Laos, Refugees, War and health on July 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Below is a clip of a 1970 CBS exposé of the war in Laos, which had only become known to the American public shortly before it was aired. … I had not seen most of this footage before, and find it pretty riveting. At the time this was shown, the war in Laos really was [...]
Refugees and Health
Posted in Global Health, Health Disparities, Population Health, Refugees, War and health on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A recent book, “War and the Health of Nations“, by Zaryab Iqbal (Political Science, Penn State) takes a look at the associations between national health statistics and the presence and duration of war. … Chapter 8 explores the topic of forced migration and population health, though with a novel approach. Instead of exploring the ways [...]
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