Accidental Environmentalism
Nature and Cultivated Affect in European Neoshamanic Ayahuasca Consumption
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7640873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arne Harms (0000-0002-0204-0052, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-80 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of Consciousness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-4202 • E-ISSN: 1556-3537 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/anoc.12130 |
| OpenAlex | W3129564972 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
Existing research demonstrates a positive connection between psychedelics and increased nature relatedness. Enhanced affective ties toward nature are widely framed as being built into the pharmakon itself, and the relevance of experiences remains little understood. This paper turns to neoshamanic ayahuasca ceremonies in Europe, exploring the way specialists and attendants refer to nature in speech and performance. I argue that ritual framings performed during these ceremonies provide fertile ground for affective ties to emerge through substance‐induced experiences. I trace such framings by exploring how medicine and healers are being coded; how specific materialities are rendered meaningful; and how individual experiences are discussed at such retreats. I argue that even while participants prioritize individual healing, personal development, or the satisfaction of psychonautical curiosity, environmentalism appears to be anchored by the proceedings themselves. Thus, this paper opens up for analysis ceremonial substance use as a contact zone where coherence is produced intersubjectively
Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics · Ayahuasca · Curiosity · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Epistemology · Gossip · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Communication · Law · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Constructing drug effects
A Blend of Blood and Tobacco
Islands of History
Friction
Neuropsychedelia
From Egoism to Ecoism
Ayahuasca Tourism
Institutional Ecology, `Translations' and Boundary Objects
Shamanism, History, and the State
Reenchanting nature
Ethnopharmacologic search for psychoactive drugs
Purging and the body in the therapeutic use of ayahuasca
Some Relationships between Music and Hallucinogenic Ritual. The "Jungle Gym" in Consciousness
Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man
Anaconda-becoming
The Ecologically Noble Savage Debate
Subjective Theories about (Self-)Treatment with Ayahuasca
Introduction to the Special Issue
The Globalization of Ayahuasca Shamanism and the Erasure of Indigenous Shamanism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |