En este artículo nos proponemos aportar a la construcción del panorama regional acerca de la diversidad de investigaciones contemporáneas en Antropología de la Salud en Latinoamérica, a partir del análisis de nuestra trayectoria como equipo en el estudio etnográfico de procesos de salud-enfermedad-atención (PSEA) en comunidades rurales de Molinos (Salta, Argentina). Se describen los antecedentes en el abordaje clásico de la salud y la enfermedad desde el «folklore médico» y las sucesivas innovaciones teórico-metodológicas que resultaron en transformaciones en nuestro objeto de investigación y en la adopción de un enfoque transdisciplinario y transectorial. Esto condujo a articular metodologías y datos (etnográficos, relacionales, geoespaciales, epidemiológicos, demográficos) en un encuadre de métodos mixtos. Junto a ello, reflexionamos sobre el modo en que nuestras i...

In this article, we contribute to the construction of a regional overview of Anthropology of Health research in Latin America through the analysis of our team’s trajectory, dedicated to the ethnographic study of health-illness-attention processes in rural communities from Molinos Department  (Salta, Argentina). We describe antecedents regarding classical approaches in the study of health and illness from a «medical folklore» perspective and the theoretical and methodological innovations that lead to successive transformations in our research object and the adoption of a transdisciplinary and transectoral approach. These innovations drive us to articulate several methodologies and data (ethnographic, relational, geospatial, epidemiological and demographic) in a mixed-methods design. Moreover, we reflect on how our research integrates local actors' and institutions’ demands and ...

In this article, we contribute to the construction of a regional overview of Anthropology of Health research in Latin America through the analysis of our team’s trajectory, dedicated to the ethnographic study of health-illness-attention processes in rural communities from Molinos Department  (Salta, Argentina). We describe antecedents regarding classical approaches in the study of health and illness from a «medical folklore» perspective and the theoretical and methodological innovations that lead to successive transformations in our research object and the adoption of a transdisciplinary and transectoral approach. These innovations drive us to articulate several methodologies and data (ethnographic, relational, geospatial, epidemiological and demographic) in a mixed-methods design. Moreover, we reflect on how our research integrates local actors' and institutions’ demands and ...