Medicinas da floresta: conexões e conflitos cosmo-ontológicos
Horizontes Antropológicos August 1, 2018 Guilherme Pinho Meneses 7 citations
This work describes a recent movement around so-called forest medicines, particularly the nixi pae (ayahuasca) of the Huni Kuĩ (Kaxinawá) people. It traces continuous transits of nixi pae, shamans, and emerging ayahuasca groups between forest and city, revealing ontological connections and conflicts. The paper proposes viewing nixi pae as a connectivity technology from a cosmopolitical perspective, unfolding the semantics of terms like cure and medicine through the pragmatics of collectives (shamans, substances, spirits) in action. Nixi pae appears as a key piece in activating ontologically heterogeneous collectives, opening possibilities for encounters with alterity and attempts to compose spaces of coexistence.