A institucionalização do uso da ayahuasca no Brasil
Ciencias Sociales y Religión December 19, 2023 Igor Fernandes Antunes, Paulo Santos de Almeida 1 citation
The article analyzes the institutionalization of ayahuasca use in Brazil through a combination of bibliographic analysis and ethnographic fieldwork conducted in three ayahuasca centers in the North, Southeast, and South regions. It examines elements related to the consolidation of these groups, including their cultural practices and associated stigmas, and compares how academic literature describes these data with current observations in the studied groups. The paper also addresses public policies regulating ayahuasca use across drug, cultural, and environmental domains, highlighting the complexity of the legitimation process of this phenomenon in the country.