Associate Researcher, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
Med Anthropol. 2021 Nov-Dec;40(8):799-814. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2021.1961247. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
Well-being is a heterogeneous idea with inconsistent applicability to real-world circumstances. In this article, I explore A'uwẽ (Xavante) notions of social well-being from an ethnographic perspective. My data indicate many members of this Indigenous group understand wellness to involve not only health and harmony, but also certain modes of strife and inequality that are also viewed as desirable. A'uwẽ understandings of social wellness, including linkages to the environment, suggest that a broader and more locally contingent concept of social well-being than is evident in mainstream literature would benefit transcultural health efforts and policy involving Indigenous and other culturally distinct communities.
幸福感是一个具有异质性的概念，其在现实情况下的适用性并不一致。在本文中，我从民族志的角度探讨了阿乌韦（萨凡纳）人的社会幸福感观念。我的数据表明，该原住民群体的许多成员认为，健康与和谐不仅是幸福的必要条件，而且某些冲突和不平等的模式也是值得追求的。阿乌韦人对社会幸福感的理解，包括与环境的联系，表明主流文献中所体现的社会幸福感概念，需要更加广泛和更具地方性，这将有益于涉及土著和其他文化独特社区的跨文化健康工作和政策。
