Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile
Motivations, uses, and meanings given to the placenta by women and men in south central Chile are analyzed, following the implementation of Technical Standard 189 by the Ministry of Health, which allowed people to request their placentas after giving birth on hospital grounds. From an ethnographic...
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2022-10-01
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Motivations, uses, and meanings given to the placenta by women and men in south central Chile are analyzed, following the implementation of Technical Standard 189 by the Ministry of Health, which allowed people to request their placentas after giving birth on hospital grounds. From an ethnographic approach to the sociocultural uses of placentas, in-depth interviews were carried out with women and their partners between July and November 2019; individual narratives were recorded, as well as conversations between Mapuche women and men who had requested their placenta in three Chilean regions (Araucania, Metropolitan, and Arica and Parinacota). This article focuses on four cases that illustrate the diversity of practices and knowledge surrounding the placenta – inscribed in sociocultural, territorial, political, spiritual, and religious frameworks – according to actors’ sociocultural origins. To conclude, the cases are compared in order to highlight both similarities and differences, and some challenges derived from the findings are considered.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9230255876854a8fb1ef6f73b1f01d8d2022-12-22T04:41:48ZengInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de LanúsSalud Colectiva1669-23811851-82652022-10-0118e410210.18294/sc.2022.4102Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central ChileRodrigo Contreras Molina0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-8513Marcelo Berho Castillo1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-817XUniversidad de la FronteraUniversidad Católica de Temuco Motivations, uses, and meanings given to the placenta by women and men in south central Chile are analyzed, following the implementation of Technical Standard 189 by the Ministry of Health, which allowed people to request their placentas after giving birth on hospital grounds. From an ethnographic approach to the sociocultural uses of placentas, in-depth interviews were carried out with women and their partners between July and November 2019; individual narratives were recorded, as well as conversations between Mapuche women and men who had requested their placenta in three Chilean regions (Araucania, Metropolitan, and Arica and Parinacota). This article focuses on four cases that illustrate the diversity of practices and knowledge surrounding the placenta – inscribed in sociocultural, territorial, political, spiritual, and religious frameworks – according to actors’ sociocultural origins. To conclude, the cases are compared in order to highlight both similarities and differences, and some challenges derived from the findings are considered. http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/4102AnthropologyIndigenous HealthPlacentaHealth PolicyChile |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Contreras Molina Marcelo Berho Castillo Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile Salud Colectiva Anthropology Indigenous Health Placenta Health Policy Chile |
| title | Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile |
| title_full | Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile |
| title_fullStr | Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile |
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| title_short | Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile |
| title_sort | placenta motivations uses and meanings in south central chile |
| topic | Anthropology Indigenous Health Placenta Health Policy Chile |
| url | http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/4102 |
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