Welcome to the Society for Medical Anthropology’s very first Virtual Speaker series, where we invite scholars to deliver a presentation on their work. The purpose of this series is to: provide an additional platform for our SMA members to connect and interact, and invite our members to communicate with scholars engaging in medical anthropological research being conducted all around the world. This first talk features Dr. Mónica Berger González, who leads the Unit of Medical Anthropology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. She is a researcher on transdisciplinary One Health approaches and further leads the Green Health Initiative (GHI). | |
| The GHI is dedicated to intercultural health research and development to advance indigenous Mesoamerican ethnomedicine and sustainable plant-based solutions for health and wellbeing. Dr. Berger González has led over 25 projects engaging traditional knowledge and modern high-tech solutions for adaptation to Climate Change in low-resource settings. This experience led her to co-found an NGO in lake Atitlan, Guatemala, committed to fostering symbiotic income-generation strategies respectful of Nan Ulew (Mother Earth). In this webinar, Dr. Berger González discusses her work and how ethical issues of the ownership of indigenous knowledge plays a large role in her advocacy. When: Friday, April 18 at 3PM PST/5PM CST/6PM EST Where: Zoom Webinar – Registration required: https://csudh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O9jIKQpWRFinn4wSEtbmEg Please direct any questions to Dr. William Lucas at wlucas@csudh.edu. | |