Evgenia Fotiou
Biographic Data
| ID | 649245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evgenia Fotiou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evgenia |
| FAMILY NAME | Fotiou |
| SIGNATURE | FOTIOU E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kent State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2410-0124 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
‘Invisible heroines’ and living memory: Gender roles and women’s lived experiences in the fishing community of Kalymnos Island, Greece, through photovoice
This photovoice study explores women’s connection to marine fisheries in Kalymnos Island, Greece, how they perceive their contributions, and how the legacy of sponge fishing continues to shape contemporary gender roles and social expectations. Participants in the study described a deep, early connection to the sea that transcended gender. Furthermore, although socio-economic changes, have transformed women’s roles, participants felt constrained a…
Transreligiosity and Religious Revitalization in Modern Greece: Bridging Religion and Science through Geomythology
This article examines the revitalization of the ancient Greek religion in modern Greece and the way some of its adherents approach mythology. This religious movement challenges the dominant religious discourse in modern Greece by claiming legitimacy through indigeneity, while making important arguments regarding the perceived spiritual and value crisis in their culture. At a time that right-wing extremisms and fundamentalisms are rising globally,…
Shamanic Tourism in the Peruvian Lowlands: Critical and Ethical Considerations
This article examines the phenomenon of shamanic tourism, which began in Amazonia in the 1980s. The author has researched the phenomenon since the early 2000s-while it was still at its infancy-in Iquitos, Peru, which is today considered the mecca of shamanic tourism. Contemporary Amazonian shamanism emerged as a response to the violent and disruptive process of the rubber boom; however, in the context of tourism, it is viewed as the healing force…
The Importance of Ritual Discourse in Framing Ayahuasca Experiences in the Context of Shamanic Tourism
In this article, I discuss how ritual is framed in the context of ayahuasca tourism, using ethnographic data collected in and around Iquitos, Peru. Alluding to a lack of socially sanctioned spaces for altered states of consciousness (ASCs) in western cultures, contemporary seekers flock to the Amazon to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies for an array of reasons, including healing and personal transformation. Taking Gregory Bateson's concept of "…
Technologies of the Body in Contemporary Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Peruvian Amazon: Implications for Future Research
The role of Indigenous knowledges in psychedelic science
This paper reflects on potential contributions from anthropology to the field of "psychedelic science." Although the discipline's beginnings went hand in hand with colonialism, it has made significant contributions to the understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems. Furthermore, recent calls to decolonize our theoretical frameworks and methodology, notably the "ontological turn," open up the space for engaging meaningfully with Indigenous world…
Purging and the body in the therapeutic use of ayahuasca
The Globalization of Ayahuasca Shamanism and the Erasure of Indigenous Shamanism
Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic plant mixture used in a ceremonial context throughout western Amazonia, and its use has expanded globally in recent decades. As part of this expansion, ayahuasca has become popular among westerners who travel to the Peruvian Amazon in increasing numbers to experience its reportedly healing and transformative effects. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in and around the area of Iquitos, Peru, the epicenter of ayahuas…
"Working with "La Medicina: Elements of Healing in Contemporary Ayahuasca Rituals
Healing is an essential aspect of Amazonian mestizo shamanism. Not only is it one of the most commonly quoted motives for Westerners for participating in ayahuasca ceremonies, but most elements of an ayahuasca ceremony are aimed to heal and protect. This article is purely ethnographic, and its purpose is to provide insight into the ways healing is conceived by both ayahuasqueros and Western participants in the context of shamanic tourism in Iquit…
Encounters with Sorcery: An Ethnographer's Account
Drawing from data collected during fieldwork from Westerners participating in ayahuasca ceremonies in the Peruvian Amazon, I discuss the ways they make contact with spirits. I particularly focus on the issue of sorcery, illustrating differences in the ways it is perceived by Westerners and Peruvians. I argue that although it is possible that both populations have the same or very similar experiences with ayahuasca, their subjective interpretation…
The Globalization of Ayahuasca Shamanism and the Erasure of Indigenous Shamanism
Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic plant mixture used in a ceremonial context throughout western Amazonia, and its use has expanded globally in recent decades. As part of this expansion, ayahuasca has become popular among westerners who travel to the Peruvian Amazon in increasing numbers to experience its reportedly healing and transformative effects. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in and around the area of Iquitos, Peru, the epicenter of ayahuas…
The role of Indigenous knowledges in psychedelic science
This paper reflects on potential contributions from anthropology to the field of "psychedelic science." Although the discipline's beginnings went hand in hand with colonialism, it has made significant contributions to the understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems. Furthermore, recent calls to decolonize our theoretical frameworks and methodology, notably the "ontological turn," open up the space for engaging meaningfully with Indigenous world…
Purging and the body in the therapeutic use of ayahuasca
"Working with "La Medicina: Elements of Healing in Contemporary Ayahuasca Rituals
Healing is an essential aspect of Amazonian mestizo shamanism. Not only is it one of the most commonly quoted motives for Westerners for participating in ayahuasca ceremonies, but most elements of an ayahuasca ceremony are aimed to heal and protect. This article is purely ethnographic, and its purpose is to provide insight into the ways healing is conceived by both ayahuasqueros and Western participants in the context of shamanic tourism in Iquit…
The Importance of Ritual Discourse in Framing Ayahuasca Experiences in the Context of Shamanic Tourism
In this article, I discuss how ritual is framed in the context of ayahuasca tourism, using ethnographic data collected in and around Iquitos, Peru. Alluding to a lack of socially sanctioned spaces for altered states of consciousness (ASCs) in western cultures, contemporary seekers flock to the Amazon to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies for an array of reasons, including healing and personal transformation. Taking Gregory Bateson's concept of "…
Shamanic Tourism in the Peruvian Lowlands: Critical and Ethical Considerations
This article examines the phenomenon of shamanic tourism, which began in Amazonia in the 1980s. The author has researched the phenomenon since the early 2000s-while it was still at its infancy-in Iquitos, Peru, which is today considered the mecca of shamanic tourism. Contemporary Amazonian shamanism emerged as a response to the violent and disruptive process of the rubber boom; however, in the context of tourism, it is viewed as the healing force…
Encounters with Sorcery: An Ethnographer's Account
Drawing from data collected during fieldwork from Westerners participating in ayahuasca ceremonies in the Peruvian Amazon, I discuss the ways they make contact with spirits. I particularly focus on the issue of sorcery, illustrating differences in the ways it is perceived by Westerners and Peruvians. I argue that although it is possible that both populations have the same or very similar experiences with ayahuasca, their subjective interpretation…
"Working with "La Medicina: Elements of Healing in Contemporary Ayahuasca Rituals
Healing is an essential aspect of Amazonian mestizo shamanism. Not only is it one of the most commonly quoted motives for Westerners for participating in ayahuasca ceremonies, but most elements of an ayahuasca ceremony are aimed to heal and protect. This article is purely ethnographic, and its purpose is to provide insight into the ways healing is conceived by both ayahuasqueros and Western participants in the context of shamanic tourism in Iquit…
The Globalization of Ayahuasca Shamanism and the Erasure of Indigenous Shamanism
Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic plant mixture used in a ceremonial context throughout western Amazonia, and its use has expanded globally in recent decades. As part of this expansion, ayahuasca has become popular among westerners who travel to the Peruvian Amazon in increasing numbers to experience its reportedly healing and transformative effects. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in and around the area of Iquitos, Peru, the epicenter of ayahuas…
Technologies of the Body in Contemporary Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Peruvian Amazon: Implications for Future Research
The role of Indigenous knowledges in psychedelic science
This paper reflects on potential contributions from anthropology to the field of "psychedelic science." Although the discipline's beginnings went hand in hand with colonialism, it has made significant contributions to the understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems. Furthermore, recent calls to decolonize our theoretical frameworks and methodology, notably the "ontological turn," open up the space for engaging meaningfully with Indigenous world…
Purging and the body in the therapeutic use of ayahuasca
Shamanic Tourism in the Peruvian Lowlands: Critical and Ethical Considerations
This article examines the phenomenon of shamanic tourism, which began in Amazonia in the 1980s. The author has researched the phenomenon since the early 2000s-while it was still at its infancy-in Iquitos, Peru, which is today considered the mecca of shamanic tourism. Contemporary Amazonian shamanism emerged as a response to the violent and disruptive process of the rubber boom; however, in the context of tourism, it is viewed as the healing force…
The Importance of Ritual Discourse in Framing Ayahuasca Experiences in the Context of Shamanic Tourism
In this article, I discuss how ritual is framed in the context of ayahuasca tourism, using ethnographic data collected in and around Iquitos, Peru. Alluding to a lack of socially sanctioned spaces for altered states of consciousness (ASCs) in western cultures, contemporary seekers flock to the Amazon to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies for an array of reasons, including healing and personal transformation. Taking Gregory Bateson's concept of "…
Transreligiosity and Religious Revitalization in Modern Greece: Bridging Religion and Science through Geomythology
This article examines the revitalization of the ancient Greek religion in modern Greece and the way some of its adherents approach mythology. This religious movement challenges the dominant religious discourse in modern Greece by claiming legitimacy through indigeneity, while making important arguments regarding the perceived spiritual and value crisis in their culture. At a time that right-wing extremisms and fundamentalisms are rising globally,…
‘Invisible heroines’ and living memory: Gender roles and women’s lived experiences in the fishing community of Kalymnos Island, Greece, through photovoice
This photovoice study explores women’s connection to marine fisheries in Kalymnos Island, Greece, how they perceive their contributions, and how the legacy of sponge fishing continues to shape contemporary gender roles and social expectations. Participants in the study described a deep, early connection to the sea that transcended gender. Furthermore, although socio-economic changes, have transformed women’s roles, participants felt constrained a…
Sociology (8 works) · Anthropology (7 works) · Psychedelics and Drug Studies (7 works) · Ayahuasca (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Shamanism (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works)