"I Want to Choose whom I Love and Where I go for Treatment" - Activism in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research in Croatia

Na osnovi recentnog (2004-2007) istraživanja korisnika alternativne i komplementarne medicine i medicinskog pluralizma u Hrvatskoj, rad propituje ulogu etnologije i kulturne antropologije u društvu, ulogu etnologa i antropologa kao kritičara i/ili aktivista kulture, prednosti i mogućnosti primijenjene medicinske antropologije te vezu izmedu etnologije/antropologije i aktivizma.On basis of recent (2004-2007) research on complementary and alternative medicine and medical pluralism in Croatia, this paper questions the role of ethnology and cultural anthropology in society, the role of ethnologist/ethnographer as culture\u27s critic or activist, the possibilities of the applied medical anthropology and the link between ethnology/anthropology and activism