Mitchell Low
Biographic Data
| ID | 86647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mitchell Low |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mitchell |
| FAMILY NAME | Low |
| SIGNATURE | LOW M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7928-0089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Trouble With Psychedelic Cacti
Using autoethnography, this article considers conflict surrounding the psychedelic, mescaline cacti, San Pedro, and Peyote. We reflect on themes emergent in the lead authors’ lived experiences with growing, researching and working with mescaline cacti; Indigenous culture, psychopharmacotherapy research, psychedelic markets and ecology. These themes are considered relative to varied San Pedro and Peyote stakeholders. Among these stakeholders, powe…
Psychedelic trip sitting, dosages and intensities
Background and aimsOnline communities provide insights into psychedelic consumption, assisting in identification of trends, informing both harm reduction provisions and clinical research. This study extracts forum data on psychedelic substances, dosages, and administration routes, categorising and analysing self-reported consumption to inform care services and guide clinical work with psychedelics.MethodsPosts (n = 660) from online psychedelic fo…
‘They have to abide by our laws … and stuff’
The long established distinction between civic nationalism and ethnonationalism is useful heuristically to understand different dimensions of nationalism and perhaps track a movement from ethnic forms to civic allegiances, though some have challenged its empirical veracity and others question the normative implications of such a distinction. This paper demonstrates the ways in which the two are elided in everyday discourses about migrants in A us…
Language and Place-knowledge on Norfolk Island
Using the place-naming practices in the small settler society of Norfolk Island, the home of Anglo-Polynesian descendants of the Bounty mutineers, we advance a linguistic argument against Saussure's claims concerning the arbitrariness of signs. When extended to place names, Saussure's claims about language in general imply place names in themselves hold no significance for how people interact with places. In contrast, we use ethnographic examples…
Beyond the production of tourism imaginaries
Norfolk Island
Flipping the sociology classroom
Profound changes are under way in university learning and teaching. Online education is taking hold as never before, catalysed in no small part by the advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free university units offered online to anyone with an internet connection. MOOCs appear to be intensifying the trend towards 'flipping' the classroom, which involves students engaging with course materials online - usually short videos and readings - …
Language and Place-knowledge on Norfolk Island
Using the place-naming practices in the small settler society of Norfolk Island, the home of Anglo-Polynesian descendants of the Bounty mutineers, we advance a linguistic argument against Saussure's claims concerning the arbitrariness of signs. When extended to place names, Saussure's claims about language in general imply place names in themselves hold no significance for how people interact with places. In contrast, we use ethnographic examples…
Beyond the production of tourism imaginaries
Flipping the sociology classroom
Profound changes are under way in university learning and teaching. Online education is taking hold as never before, catalysed in no small part by the advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free university units offered online to anyone with an internet connection. MOOCs appear to be intensifying the trend towards 'flipping' the classroom, which involves students engaging with course materials online - usually short videos and readings - …
The Trouble With Psychedelic Cacti
Using autoethnography, this article considers conflict surrounding the psychedelic, mescaline cacti, San Pedro, and Peyote. We reflect on themes emergent in the lead authors’ lived experiences with growing, researching and working with mescaline cacti; Indigenous culture, psychopharmacotherapy research, psychedelic markets and ecology. These themes are considered relative to varied San Pedro and Peyote stakeholders. Among these stakeholders, powe…
Flipping the sociology classroom
Profound changes are under way in university learning and teaching. Online education is taking hold as never before, catalysed in no small part by the advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free university units offered online to anyone with an internet connection. MOOCs appear to be intensifying the trend towards 'flipping' the classroom, which involves students engaging with course materials online - usually short videos and readings - …
Beyond the production of tourism imaginaries
Norfolk Island
‘They have to abide by our laws … and stuff’
The long established distinction between civic nationalism and ethnonationalism is useful heuristically to understand different dimensions of nationalism and perhaps track a movement from ethnic forms to civic allegiances, though some have challenged its empirical veracity and others question the normative implications of such a distinction. This paper demonstrates the ways in which the two are elided in everyday discourses about migrants in A us…
Language and Place-knowledge on Norfolk Island
Using the place-naming practices in the small settler society of Norfolk Island, the home of Anglo-Polynesian descendants of the Bounty mutineers, we advance a linguistic argument against Saussure's claims concerning the arbitrariness of signs. When extended to place names, Saussure's claims about language in general imply place names in themselves hold no significance for how people interact with places. In contrast, we use ethnographic examples…
Psychedelic trip sitting, dosages and intensities
Background and aimsOnline communities provide insights into psychedelic consumption, assisting in identification of trends, informing both harm reduction provisions and clinical research. This study extracts forum data on psychedelic substances, dosages, and administration routes, categorising and analysing self-reported consumption to inform care services and guide clinical work with psychedelics.MethodsPosts (n = 660) from online psychedelic fo…
The Trouble With Psychedelic Cacti
Using autoethnography, this article considers conflict surrounding the psychedelic, mescaline cacti, San Pedro, and Peyote. We reflect on themes emergent in the lead authors’ lived experiences with growing, researching and working with mescaline cacti; Indigenous culture, psychopharmacotherapy research, psychedelic markets and ecology. These themes are considered relative to varied San Pedro and Peyote stakeholders. Among these stakeholders, powe…
Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)