Transcultural Keys: Humor, Creativity and Other Relational Artifacts in the Transposition of a Brazilian Ayahuasca Religion to the Netherlands
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Ethnography |
|---|---|
| Topics | Ayahuasca |
| Keywords | Creativity Ethnography Phenomenon Negotiation Alterity Aesthetics Epistemology |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key findings | Creativity emerges from resistance to convention, and humor and the questioning of religious life are legitimate ways to improve social relationships and expand knowledge. |
Abstract
This chapter expands the analysis of the social and cosmic dimensions of a process of ‘re-ritualization’ in urbanindustrial societies, inspired by the knowledge of ‘traditional populations. It focuses on primarily on providing a textured ethnography of role of religion and culture in the negotiation of alterity. The chapter epistemological thrust is to deconstruct the need for a circumscribed and unified analytical framework that makes religion an autonomous reality in favor of an open search to understand the others’ experiences in their own terms. The author follows the Victor Turner, perhaps one of the first researchers to situate creativity as a phenomenon which emerges from an explicit or implicit resistance to convention. The author notices that the importance of humor, creativity, and the questioning of religious life as constituting legitimate and useful ways to improve social relationships and also of expanding knowledge. Keywords:Brazilian Ayahuasca religion; creativity; humor; knowledge; Netherland; textured ethnography
Comparable studies
Other qualitative studies on ayahuasca, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The antipodes Of the mind Indigenous people, shamans, members of different religious sects using Ayahuasca, and... | 2002 | Qualitative study | |
| Drug Tourism or Spiritual Healing? Ayahuasca Seekers in Amazonia Westerners participating in an ayahuasca retreat in Amazonia | 2005 | Qualitative study | |
| Therapeutic Effects of Ritual Ayahuasca Use in the Treatment of Substance Dependence—Qualitative Results Therapists, expert researchers, and individuals who underwent ayahuasca-assisted... | 2014 | Qualitative study | n = 29 |
| Nourishing the Spirit: Exploratory Research on Ayahuasca Experiences along the Continuum of Recovery from Eating Disorders Individuals previously diagnosed with an eating disorder | 2017 | Qualitative study | n = 16 |
| Exploring ayahuasca‐assisted therapy for addiction: A qualitative analysis of preliminary findings among an Indigenous community in Canada Indigenous adults in Canada who participated in ayahuasca-assisted ceremonial retreats | 2019 | Qualitative study | n = 11 |