4 papers in the library · 38 citations · publishing 2014-2025
Indigenous Religious Traditions October 14, 2025 Daniela M. Peluso
Global Ayahuasca: Wondrous Visions and Modern Worlds. By Alex K. Gearin. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 2024. 296pp. $30 (paperback or e- book), $120 (hardcover).
Journal of Psychedelic Studies February 20, 2020 Daniela M. Peluso, Emily Sinclair, Beatriz Caiuby Labate et al. 23 citations
This article reflects upon the conception and development of a set of guidelines for the awareness of sexual abuse in ayahuasca settings, an assortment of scenarios that take place in local and global settings entailing the use of a psychedelic brew known for producing visionary and purgative effects composed of Amazonian Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca vine) commonly combined with the leaves...
September 1, 2016 Daniela M. Peluso 2 citations
This chapter examines issues surrounding the viability and desirability of recent entrepreneurs and entrepreneurships aiming to create effective measures of 'transparency' 'efficacy' and 'safety' with regards to the increasing participation in the ayahuasca sessions that take place in local and global settings. It raises critical questions about the methods through which such initiatives seek...
Oxford University Press eBooks June 18, 2014 Daniela M. Peluso 13 citations
This chapter provides an overview of the predicaments of ayahuasca tourism in Puerto Maldonado, a regional Amazonian capital (Peru) and its environs, as a contribution toward understanding how ayahuasca tourism affects the localities in which such encounters take place. Through an analysis of local and global narratives, the chapter engages with Amerindian epistemologies and perspectivism to...