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A doctoral researcher at the Institute for Sociological Research of the University of Geneva, Luna de Araujo obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Ethnology at the University of Neuchâtel, followed by a Master’s degree in Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Her research is mainly in the fields of anthropology and sociology of health and medicine. She draws on the contributions of gender and disability studies to understand daily experiences of chronic pain and chronic illnesses, as well as their social and political implications.
The medical and social recognition and treatments of persistent pain vary according to the diagnosed diseases and the social, economic and family situations in which the affected persons find themselves. Some repetitions ...