• Global Pandemic, Translocal Medicine: The COVID-19 Diaries of a Tibetan Physician in New York City

    Author(s):
    Sienna Craig, Maya Daurio, Nawang T. Gurung, Daniel Kaufman, Ross Perlin, Kunchog Tseten, Mark Turin (see profile)
    Date:
    2021
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/qtz5-cq90
    Abstract:
    This article analyzes the audio diaries of a Tibetan physician, originally from Amdo (Qinghai Province, China), now living in New York City. Dr. Kunchog Tseten describes his experiences during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in spring and summer 2020, when Queens, New York—the location where he lives and works—was the “epicenter of the epicenter” of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States. The collaborative research project of which this diary is a part combines innovative methodological approaches to qualitative, ethnographic study during this era of social distancing with an attunement to the relationship between language, culture, and health care. Dr. Kunchog’s diary and our analysis of its contents illustrate the ways that Tibetan medicine and Tibetan cultural practices, including those emergent from Buddhism, have helped members of the Himalayan and Tibetan communities in New York City navigate this unprecedented moment with care and compassion.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1163/15734218-12341484
    Pub. Date:
    2021
    Journal:
    Asian Medicine
    Volume:
    16
    Page Range:
    58 - 88
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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