Historically, ayahuasca has been associated in the press with “hallucination”, “drugs” and “madness”. However, the advancement of research on its “therapeutic potential” and the dissemination of results in the news raise the question, which is also a premise, whether there has been a transformation in the social meanings of the brew in a recent period. Here, the objective was to analyze the...
Nosso objetivo foi analisar a inter-relação entre ayahuasca e ciência na cobertura jornalística da primeira metade do século XX. Embora o “Renascimento psicodélico” seja associado aos anos 1960-1970, quando pesquisas sobre substâncias psicoativas foram suspensas devido às políticas antidrogas e ao sensacionalismo midiático, questionamos como era a cobertura jornalística sobre pesquisas com a...
This article describes the associations and controversies between indigenous and western uses of ayahuasca between 1850 and 1950 in relation to the "psychedelic renaissance." This movement has gained scientific attention since 2000, but hearkens back to the 1960s and 1970s, when anti-drug policy halted research on the "therapeutic potential" of psychoactive substances. Pioneering studies on...
Abstract This article describes the associations and controversies between indigenous and western uses of ayahuasca between 1850 and 1950 in relation to the “psychedelic renaissance.” This movement has gained scientific attention since 2000, but hearkens back to the 1960s and 1970s, when anti-drug policy halted research on the “therapeutic potential” of psychoactive substances. Pioneering...