This Fall, the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) will host a new educational course about ayahuasca led by anthropologist Bia Labate, Ph.D. This course will systematize and reflect on the academic knowledge of ayahuasca from an anthropological perspective. An interdisciplinary understanding and comprehensive view of this Amazonian brew will be promoted, stimulating an exchange between academic knowledge and the knowledge of practitioners. The course will offer a historical and socio-cultural overview of ayahuasca shamanism, ritual, and religion in multiple modalities. By its conclusions, methodological, ethical, and political aspects of research will be addressed. The ultimate aim of this course is to stimulate intellectual reflection and research on this topic and enhance the development of this emergent field of studies. Learn more…
