In this article I present a series of reflections whose purpose is to advocate for a political anthropology of health, situated in the context of the anthropology produced in and/or about Chile. For this reason, I use two preliminary questions: one that delves into three scenes of (re)production of anthropological-medical knowledge; and another that points out the (relative) absences in Chilean political anthropology. I then describe some useful tools for conceptualizing the relations between health and politics from an ongoing research experience that addresses the political field of mental health in Chile. In the conclusions, I propose the need for a critical historical perspective in approaches to processes focusing on health and power from an anthropological perspective.
Keywords:
political anthropology, medical anthropology, ethnography, history
Morales Sáez, N. (2021). For a political anthropology of health. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (43), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-1472.2021.64440
