Henry Lisa
University of North Texas, Department of Anthropology, PO Box 310409, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
Pac Health Dialog. 2002 Sep;9(2):290-5.
This paper highlights Tahitian healing in response to rapid cultural change in French Polynesia. First, I examine the reconstruction and adaptation of Tahitian healing to cultural, economic, political, and health transitions in the past 40 years. Second, I address the issue of resistance by non-urban healers to the transformations of Tahitian healing in the urban context. Specifically, I argue that the reluctance of village healers to collaboration, association, and government legitimation (urban transitions) suggests that the status of Tahitian healing is a contested issue. The experiences of contemporary Tahitian healers challenge the unilinear health transition framework, which suggests that indigenous medicine will submit to globalization pressures and absorb a biomedical epistemology.
本文着重探讨了法属波利尼西亚文化快速变迁背景下的塔希提岛传统疗法。首先，我审视了过去40年里塔希提岛传统疗法在文化、经济、政治和健康转型方面的重构与适应情况。其次，我探讨了非城市地区的治疗师对塔希提岛传统疗法在城市环境中转变的抵制问题。具体而言，我认为乡村治疗师不愿进行合作、联合以及获得政府认可（城市转型）表明塔希提岛传统疗法的地位是一个存在争议的问题。当代塔希提岛治疗师的经历挑战了单线式健康转型框架，该框架认为本土医学将屈服于全球化压力并吸纳生物医学认识论。
