ENSAIO SOBRE A PROTEÇÃO JURÍDICA DAS PRÁTICAS E TERRITORIALIDADES ESPECÍFICAS DAS COMUNIDADES AYAHUASQUEIRAS: : a preservação da cultura na concretização do direito fundamental ao território
André Felipe Soares de Arruda, Carolina Ferreira Souza, Marcus Vinícius Santana Teles
Revista Culturas Jurídicas April 27, 2026 DOI: 10.22409/6j012y45 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
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| Key findings | Argues that ayahuasca communities' practices and territorialities are grounded in ancestry, spirituality or religiosity, and harmony with Nature, and that culture and territory are inseparable. Contends that national and international legal standards protect these communities' cultural and territorial rights because such rights are an assumption of their forms of reproduction. |
Abstract
Ayahuasca is a drink of indigenous origin, based on a tradition transmitted orally since time immemorial. Assembled based on the ritual/religious use of the drink, ayahuasca communities have practices and territorialities based on ancestry, spirituality and/or religiosity, in addition to a relationship of belonging and harmony with Nature. These communities have their fundamental cultural and territorial rights guaranteed through national and international standards, as these are one of the assumptions of their forms of reproduction. In this sense, we present a bibliographical review, with a theoretical-epistemological approach to intercultural dialogue to detail and problematize the practices and territorialities of these communities, highlighting the inseparability of culture from the territory and discussing its legal protection.