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Ayahuasca and the Global Marketplace
Narratives which gloss-over the history and socioeconomic dynamics of ayahuasca’s globalization may, despite good intentions, actually do more harm than good.
Sophia is an anthropologist and writer. She serves as development coordinator at Alianza Arkana, a grassroots organization supporting indigenous Shipibo communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Her main areas of interest are environmental justice and indigenous land rights, drug policy and psychoactive plants.
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