Shamanism and Western Medicine
Mai Xiong Yang
Junior Division
Individual Website
Choosing my Topic
When I was looking for a topic, I decided that since I was really interested and wanted to know more about my own culture, I research about my own culture and to make it blend in with the theme this year, I chose to also research about Western Medicine since my topic is based off about medicine for me. I was curious about how some things worked in the Shamanism system works and also about how Western Medicine works as well too.
Conducting Research
To conduct my research, I first went online and searched up Shamanism and western medicine. It came up with a lot of results that came along with a lot of useful information to use for the History Day Project. I found some primary sources that were books, it contained some interviews with some adults about their religion which is Shamanism and how and what type of things they need for a shaman ceremony.
Choosing and Completing my Presentation
I chose to do a website because I thought that it would be easier if it was online instead, and because it would be easier to create a website since I had done a website before in another different class of mine. It would be less work because I wouldn't need to carry a piece of board with me or something like that, and also because I could show the pictures and information to the audience without having to print a lot of things out for the project.
Why Shamanism and Western Medicine is a Turning Point in History
Annotated Bibliography
Primary Sources
Aleckson, Paul, Anne Jagodzinski, and James Kegel. The Hmong and Their Stories: The Secret Wars, Escape to Laos, the Legends.
This is a book that I used to get information about Shamanism and other Hmong cultural things that they do. In this book I could find information about about Western Medicine and also about what the Hmong went through, in order to get to where they are now.
Aleckson, Paul. Hmong in the Modern World. Weston, WI: Paul Aleckson, 2005.
This book was useful to me because, it talks about what the Hmong’s culture was about and how it worked. It talked a lot about how Shamans are shamans and how they became shamans and also about what Shamanism really defines, like how it is related to spirits.
Secondary Sources
Crocker, Jon Christopher, and Vilmos Diószegi. "Log in." Britannica School. Britannica School, Feb.-Mar. 2005. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.
This website talked about how shamanism works, and what type of tools shamans use for when they are performing a ritual/ceremony. It describes what the shamans do at a ritual, like how they have a black cloth over their head and then they are jumping, with the assistance of somebody.
Hunter, Amy, and Andrew Jones. "What Is Western Medicine?"WiseGEEK. WiseGEEK, 2003. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.
This article talks about what Western medicine is, and how it works. It describes that Western Medicine is a term for medications given by doctors, nurses, and more.
Laszlo, Ervin. "Western Medicine." - RationalWiki. Rational, 2005. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.
This article talks about how Western Medicine is Western Medicine. Stating that Western Medicine originated from The Western
Witzel, Michael. "Shamanism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Nov. 2015. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.
This article is about how Shamans are needed in the Hmong’s community and also about what the shaman’s duty are according to the Hmong’s shamanism cultural belief.
Yang, KL. "Hmong Traditional Folklore Religion." San Miao Wiki. Wikia, 2013. Web. 05 Jan. 2016.
This article talks about the Hmong’s origin and a little bit about their history, and also about what the Hmong had been through while they were in Thailand and their experiences in China in order to keep their religion the same.
Nordqvist, Christian. "Modern Medicine." Medical News Today. MediLexicon International, 9 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Jan. 2016.
This talks about what Western Medicine is like today, and also about how we use it in today’s modern world.