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How Stealing A Rock Changed My Career with Monty Badami ep 87
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Shownotes
A short but powerful “But wait, there’s more” follow-up with anthropologist Monty Badami that dives into identity, culture, wellbeing and meaning. Monty shares his time in South India with the Pania community, the limits of a purely biomedical approach to mental health, and a story that still gives Toni goosebumps: the day an elder knew she’d taken a stone from the river. You’ll also hear how this moment helped Monty shift from psychology to anthropology, and how objects, rituals and place can hold memory, belonging and healing.
Topics
- Indigenous communities in South India and the Pania people
- Structural violence, marginalisation and mental health
- Limits of “quick fix” biomedical models
- Culture, story and community as meaning-making
- Objects, rituals and place as memory and identity
- Spirit possession beliefs and cultural worldview shifts
- Anthropology vs psychology and why Monty changed paths
- Grief, belonging and what we carry
Episode Specific Links
- Monty Badami: https://montybadami.com/
- https://www.habitus.org/about
- Transcript and guest bio: https://shithappy.com/how-stealing-a-r…nty-badami-ep-87/
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