«Consonancia cultural»: una teoría y un método para el estudio de la cultura y la salud
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La consonancia cultural, como concepto teórico y método para el estudio de la cultura, tiene
ya una sólida trayectoria en la literatura antropológica norteamericana de orientación cognitiva,
con apreciables ejemplos también en la antropología latinoamericana, aunque muchos menos en
la europea. Por ahora, la consonancia cultural ha sido empleada mayoritariamente en la investigación
sobre las relaciones entre cultura y salud, pero podría ser perfectamente aplicable a otros
dominios culturales. Tiene su fuente teórica primordial en la teoría del consenso cultural y trata
como ésta de resolver, operativamente, algunos de los dilemas clásicos del concepto de cultura.
Este artículo pretende mostrar su utilidad teórica y metodológica, y dar cuenta del estado en que
se encuentra su desarrollo científico, a través de diversas investigaciones en el campo de la antropología
médica. En otras palabras, queremos poner de relieve y difundir las potencialidades
de la consonancia cultural para el estudio de la cultura, tanto en ése como en otros campos de
la investigación antropológica.
Both as a theoretical concept and a method for the study of culture, ‘cultural consonance’ is wellestablished in the cognitive anthropological literature of the United States. It is also well represented in Latin American literature, but generally not in European anthropology. To date, cultural consonance has mainly been used in research into the relationship between culture and health, but it is perfectly applicable to other cultural domains. The theoretical source of this concept is the theory of cultural consensus and it seeks to resolve, in an operational manner, some of the classic dilemmas of the concept of culture. This paper seeks to demonstrate its theoretical and methodological utility and to present its current state of development in medical anthropological investigations into the relationship between culture and health. In short, we seek to highlight and disseminate the potential of ‘cultural consonance’ for the study of culture, both within the area of medical anthropology and beyond.
Both as a theoretical concept and a method for the study of culture, ‘cultural consonance’ is wellestablished in the cognitive anthropological literature of the United States. It is also well represented in Latin American literature, but generally not in European anthropology. To date, cultural consonance has mainly been used in research into the relationship between culture and health, but it is perfectly applicable to other cultural domains. The theoretical source of this concept is the theory of cultural consensus and it seeks to resolve, in an operational manner, some of the classic dilemmas of the concept of culture. This paper seeks to demonstrate its theoretical and methodological utility and to present its current state of development in medical anthropological investigations into the relationship between culture and health. In short, we seek to highlight and disseminate the potential of ‘cultural consonance’ for the study of culture, both within the area of medical anthropology and beyond.
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Dressler, William W., González Faraco, J.C., Murphy, M.D., Santos, J.E.: "«Consonancia cultural»: una teoría y un método para el estudio de la cultura y la salud". Revista de Dialectología y Tradiciones Populares. Vol. LXX, n. 2, págs. 453-468, (2015). DOI: 10.3989/rdtp.2015.02.007














