This course will provide information on the history, traditions, rituals, herbs, and remedies of Curanderismo, a folk healing tradition of the Southwestern United States, Latin America, and Mexico, amongst other countries.
2 Week Class
July 10-21, 2017
Monday - Friday
8:10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
Anthropology Room 163
Instructors: Dr. Eliseo "Cheo" Torres, Albuquerque
Register for credit through UNM using your MyUNM student portal
Register as non-credit, CEU through the Division of Continuing Education, $350 at ce.unm.edu
Learn about the history and art of Mexican Folk Healing from instructors who are healers and health practitioners from the Southwest, Mexico, and the Albuquerque community.
Explore an integrative approach to medicine and see demonstrations that incorporate Curanderismo with various traditional and holistic health techniques.
Books for the Class:
1. Curanderismo: The Art of Traditional Medicine without Borders by Eliseo Torres
2. Curandero Traditional Healers of Mexico and the Southwest, by Eliseo Torres with Imanol Miranda
3. Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing by Eliseo Torres and Tim Sawyer
