COURSERA MOOC ON CURANDERISMO

In the considerable time since this blog last posted, Mooc platform Coursera has been launched, and the second iteration of their course on traditional healing in the form of Curanderismo is currently underway -  https://www.coursera.org/course/tradhealingbody This is a three part Mooc, with the first and current (although shortly to finish) section on the physical body, a second instalment on mind/spirit issues (starting 31 August 2015) and a concluding part on the cultural dimension of healing (begins 19 October 2015).

Curanderismo "is a form of folk healing that includes various techniques such as prayer, herbal medicine, healing rituals, spiritualism, massage, and psychic healing. It is a system of traditional beliefs that are common in Hispanic-American communities, particularly in the southwestern United States." For more information, please see - http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/complementaryandalternativemedicine/mindbodyandspirit/curanderismo There is also information about the Curandero or practitioner of this form of healing at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curandero

The image at the beginning of this post is taken from -  http://ejfood.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/indigenous-medicine-and-environmental.html?view=timeslide