RT Article
T1 Ayahuasca from Peru to Uruguay: Ritual Design and Redesign through a Distributed Cognition Approach
JF Anthropology of consciousness
VO 26
IS 1
SP 1
OP 27
A1 Apud, Ismael 198X-
LA English
PB American Anthropological Association
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1588139697
AB Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance from the Amazon rainforest regions of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil. Although its use originated among indigenous tribes in the Amazon basin, it has become increasingly popularized in Western society through the transnational markets of spirituality and religiosity driven by globalization, Postmodernity, and new forms of religious practice. In this paper, we will overview the arrival of ayahuasca in Uruguay by way of four different groups. We will then focus on one of these groups, a holistic alternative therapies center, influenced by Peruvian shamanic traditions in the design of its ceremonies. Last we will introduce a “distributed cognition” model to explain ayahuasca rituals as a system of activity.
K1 Peru
K1 Uruguay
K1 Ayahuasca
K1 distributed cognition
K1 Ritual
DO 10.1111/anoc.12023