Cosmic Dance: A Technoshamanic Journey through Consciousness
Emília Simão, João Martinho Moura
ARTECH November 28, 2023 DOI: 10.1145/3632776.3632808 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Shamanism |
| Key points | Proposes that technology can be understood as a form of shamanism, enabling altered states of consciousness through digital and organic integration. |
Abstract
From archaic contexts to current reconfigurations, the shaman, wrapped in magical-religious lineages, operates as a guiding element, inducer of ecstatic states, and mediator between worlds. Can technology allow these attributes when digital codes and organic webs spin together, fueling cosmological dances and transitions to altered states of consciousness? The project Cosmic Dance, A Tecnhoshamanic Journey through Consciousness, explores the concept of technoshamanism, from which an allusion - possible or metaphorical - to the shamanic facet of technology is proposed.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on shamanism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond | 2014 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Shamanism as the Original Neurotheology | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience, Shamanism and the Rock Art of Native California | 1998 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| From Culture to Experience: Shamanism in the Pages of the Soviet Anti-Religious Press | 2020 | Historical analysis | |
| Anthropology, Shamanism, and Alternate Ways of Knowing–Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation | 2010 | Reflective essay or personal narrative |