Dear members of the iastam-discussion group,

I am a social scientist specialised in the social-cultural aspects of Indian
medical traditions in general and Ayurvedic and Unani medicines in particular.
From 1996 onwards I have done PhD-research in India on the Ayurvedic and Unani
industry. On request of the publisher Orient Longman I have reworked my
PhD-thesis. The new title is "Taking Traditional Knowledge to the Market: the
Modern Image of the Ayurvedic and Unani Industry". At the moment I am working on
a new reseach project titled "The Politics of Value and the Construction of
Cultural Commodities: Ayurveda and Unani Tibb in Popular Culture, 1982-2007". I
am affiliated with IIAS (see signature below) and a member of the
IASTAM-council.
Regards,
Maarten Bode

Maarten Bode PhD Medical Anthropology, MA Clinical Psychology, M.Bode@...,
bode52@...
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