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Archaeology & Anthropology 2018 Global Journal of Research and Review
ISSN: 2393-8854 Page 17
October 01-02, 2018
London, UK
1 st Edition of international Conference on
Archaeology and
Anthropology
T he ethnological approach to health items is defined as an
innovative field of investigation in the disciplinary field of
health socio-anthropology. This is a site of intense research on
all material objects related health problems. The objective of
the research is to understand how cultural communities in their
history think and interpret various diseases according to their
own perceptions and representations from these objects. In
this case, the research is applied to the Ivorian ground of West
Africa as an experiment. This research field is fundamentally
distinct from the field of pharmacopoeia and mystical practices
connected to talisman. According ethnocultural areas in Côte
d’Ivoire, these health items are varied. Over time, some of
these objects have undergone metamorphosis. Others have
disappeared under the law of evolution like the loss of animal
and plant biodiversity. However, the results indicate four
groups of objects. These are the objects in healing power and/
or preventive; the symbolic objects of worship; conditionings
models of drug products; and technological instruments of
preservation, processing or preparation in African medicine.
We discover in this classification, cross-functional objects but
also specific character to objects. The other observation is
that the diseases targeted by these objects are either the same
or different passing from one culture to another. The interest
and the stake of this research consist in showing another
track of collaboration between the two disciplines which are
ethnology and archeology. The game challenges include the
history of cross-cultural perceptions of health and disease
and sustainable development in the field of intangible cultural
heritage.
Recent Publications
1. Abe N N (2012) The social institution pubertaire and
the question of execision in Côte d’Ivoire : a cultural
perspective of solution. European Scientific Journal.
8(25):251-266.
2. Abe N N (2013) The anthropological foundations
of Akan genetic thought in Côte d’Ivoire. European
Scientific Journal 9(5):56-70.
3. ABE N N et ANOUA A. S. J. (2013). La maternité
précoce dans la problématique des comportments
procréateurs à risque en milieu rural Akyé de
Kodioussou (C I). Letters d’Ivoire 016 : 257-265
4. Abe N N (2013) The theory of reproductive transition:
a tool of the maternal and child health observatory in
Africa. Balafons Publishing. Pages:229. ISBN:978-2-
919661-80-0.
5. Abe N N and Nguessan K H (2015) Discontinuité du
suivi prénatal en milieu urbain ivoirien dans le contexte
de gratuité des soins de santé maternels : influence
des facteurs organisationnels. Letters d’Ivoire 020:
257-265.
Biography
Abé N’Doumy Noël holds a PhD in Sociology and Health Anthropology
(1993) from the University of Abidjan and a Doctorate of State in Human
Sciences (2008) fromAlassane Ouattara University, Côte d’Ivoire respective-
ly. He is the founder of the Research Laboratory on African Health Thought
- Côte d’Ivoire (LARPAS-CI) and the Laboratory for Studies and Research in
Reproductive Transition (LERTG). He is the author of several publications in
national and international journals.
The ethnological approach to health items: A contribution to
archaeological research on African health thought
Abé N’Doumy Noël
Alassane Ouattara University, Côte d’Ivoire
Abé N’Doumy Noël, Glob J Res Rev 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2393-8854-C1-002