From renaissance to confluence: A call for paradigm shift in psychedelic studies
Psychedelics March 7, 2026 Glauber Loures de Assis, Adana Omágua Kambeba, Jairo Lima et al. 1 citation
The global psychedelic field has been narrated through the metaphor of a “Psychedelic Renaissance.” While effective in mobilizing public interest, this framing reproduces Eurocentric histories, Darwinian narratives of sociocultural progress, and biomedical logics that marginalize Indigenous sciences and relational ecologies. Enduring coloniality and conflicts concerning biomedicalization,...