Rites of passage are cyclical in nature

Important and timely that the contributions of Indigenous science and scientists are finally gaining recognition (and authorship) in mainstream science journals, but here's a reminder that we ethnobiologists have been doing this for quite a while...

In Memoriam, Mateo Italiano Toribio

Excited to share that I’ve been named one of the Top 25 Emerging Leaders in Psychedelic Research and Modern Theory in a list compiled by #Webdelics & #nobodystudios 🌱🐇✨

Full article here: www.webdelics.com/top-25-emerg...

Late night reading tonight is Psychoactive Plants and Ethnopsychiatric Medicines of the Matsigenka by @tweettropiques.bsky.social

There have been some significant influences in my translation of the jungle to the academy and Glenn Shepard has been one of them. Always a joy to read another article!

Thank you all for a lovely first 24hours on BlueSky! Really happy I found this platform 😊 and the algorithm is so much better over here! Wow.

I’m Bek. A cultural psychologist and final year PhD cultural anthropology candidate. My research is based in the Peruvian Amazon where I have been going for a near decade. I investigate traditional knowledge, multi-species relations & altered states of consciousness

New blog post: Amazonia: Where science meets the field and why the Minister’s cuts to the Marsden Fund are “short-sighted” to say the least

bekplants.wordpress.com/2024/12/11/w...

Hi! Finally made the migration from X.