Monthly Archives: February 2022

As one who didn’t initially know too much about the Mexican healthcare system, let alone the practice of midwifery in general, I found this week’s reading Midwifery & Development in Mexico: Delivering Health particularly interesting. To start, I appreciated how Dixon laid … Continue reading →

For my ethnography, like I mentioned in last weeeks blog, I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting. Large quantity of people to Inter y with. However, munchinson chapter seven reminded me that I need to alwaysa be ready to … Continue reading →

One concept in the text that I had not previously heard of was that of “infrastructural violence,” which is a form of structural inequity in which, in this case medical, infrastructure is denied or of lower quality either actively(with explicit … Continue reading →

Throughout all of the reading for this week, perhaps the most interesting part to me was exploring the juxtaposition between traditional and modern midwifery. Dixon opens the introduction by speaking about two “traditional” midwives; an older one who uses predominately … Continue reading →

This has been my favorite ethnography to read thus far in this course for a few different reasons. First, I am very interested in the subject matter at hand: women’s reproductive health in developing Latin American countries. I wrote my … Continue reading →

Dixon describes how midwives are in both an in group and outgroup relationship with the state, engaged in a process of “push and pull,” where they strategically engaging when it will help the persistence of their practice and care for … Continue reading →

Dixon’s ethnography on professional midwives in Mexico presents alternative ways of understanding global health. In the introduction, Dixon notes how global health is “a concept, a network, a field of view that determines the stakes and sets the course of … Continue reading →

This week’s reading from Lydia Dixon’s Delivering Health opened my eyes to the subtle ways women are conditioned to seek structured medical care in society today, revealing the humane and inhumane identity of infrastructure. This reading also made me reflect … Continue reading →

   I was particularly fascinated by Dixon’s work in Mexico, especially because midwifery (in general and in Mexico) is something I know very little about. I appreciated how Dixon immediately expressed her personal connection to the subject matter utilizing her birth … Continue reading →

I enjoyed Dixion’s writing more than the previous authors’ works as I found it to be less theoretical and easier to follow. More simplistic language and formation of ideas allows thoughts and opinions to be better accessed and understood by … Continue reading →

By interviewing midwives, observing CASA home visits and meetings, and gathering data, Dr. Dixon nicely conveys how Mexico’s infrastructure is creating inequalities for those who become pregnant in Mexico. Through a process called maternal conditioning, people are making decisions based … Continue reading →

I found Dixon’s approach to this topic interesting that she connects the individual phenomenon with the larger, broader view of the global healthcare system. It seems to me that this is a hard topic to deal with if putting it … Continue reading →

This week’s reading is arguably among my favorites so far. One of the issues that concerned me with previous readings is the accessibility of those materials. In other words, despite the valuable insights carried within those texts, the texts’ format … Continue reading →

While reading “Hindustan is a dream” I thought about how different words can be. How in this case, so many beautiful words can garner so much attention and praise, and at the same time, the words of those in power … Continue reading →

One of the main things that drew me to the field of anthropology is its truly holistic nature. I think of anthropology as the study of existence since humans have the privilege of creating the narratives by which we understand … Continue reading →

This week’s ethnographic readings really drew me in and made me interested in this subject in a way I had never thought about before. I have always been someone who really loves and enjoys literature but hadn’t really thought about … Continue reading →