Alex K. Gearin

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Alex K. Gearin

Alex K. Gearin

@alex_gearin

Anthropologist studying ayahuasca, psychedelics, meditation. Assistant Professor at @hku_mehu, The University of Hong Kong

Katılım Haziran 2016
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Alex K. Gearin
Alex K. Gearin@alex_gearin·
My author copies just arrived! Global Ayahuasca (Stanford Uni Press) provides a more complicated view of the experiences people can have with ayahuasca, whether in Peru, Australia, or China. Available early August or pre-order now 🌿 1/4 amazon.com/Global-Ayahuas… #ethnography
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Emily Zong, PhD
Emily Zong, PhD@emilyyuzong·
Next week! Join us for a movement-centred discussion on the kinopolitics and kinopoetics that emerge in the Anthropocene at HKBU. Read more about the conference registration, programme, and abstracts: hmw.hkbu.edu.hk/event/internat…
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Alex K. Gearin@alex_gearin·
@KingFranklinIV Thanks Franklin. Would be curious to hear your thoughts on it sometime, including the part on psychedelic psychiatrists "code switching" between ontologies.
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Alex K. Gearin@alex_gearin·
Fresh paper on psychedelic metaphor and ontological collision at a Shipibo-led ayahuasca retreat in Amazonian Peru 🌿 Applies a polyontological lens to consider diverse ways of understanding ayahuasca across culture and experience. First 50 downloads free tandfonline.com/eprint/KGTPRPV…
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Dr Jamie Wang @drjamiew.bsky.social
Just received the author copies from @mitpress 🥰🪷☀️. “Reimagining the more-than-human city” explores the multifaceted urban environmental issues in Singapore through a more-than-human lens, calling for new ways to think of & story cities. I cant wait for it to meet the world!
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Sixth Tone@SixthTone·
China may be known for its love of meat, but for some gourmands, vegetarian cooking was the highest culinary art. sixthtone.com/news/1015694
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Harry Yi-Jui Wu
Harry Yi-Jui Wu@HarryYJWu·
So, the Chinese version of Mad by the Millions will be available soon. It’s got a new title, 度量瘋狂. And the original subtitle is back: mental disorders in the age of world citizenship, experts and technology. #medhist #medhum #sts #stm
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Max Wolff
Max Wolff@trpwolff·
"There Are No Good Treatments for PTSD. MDMA Can Change That" Please don't spread such harmful propaganda, it really does not help with anything. There are, in fact, very good treatments for PTSD. MDMA can probably be useful nonetheless. time.com/7008733/mdma-a…
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Stanford Press
Stanford Press@stanfordpress·
Global Ayahuasca by @alex_gearin examines how the visions of ayahuasca are entangled within the social and economic realities that they illuminate, revealing different tensions, fears, and hopes of everyday modern life. #ReadUP sup.org/books/title/?i…
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Alex K. Gearin@alex_gearin·
It's common to hear ayahuasca evoking encounters with the past, which includes in the popularity of trauma approaches, but other kinds focus on the future, whether for hunting, healing, creativity, or business. Come hear more on Aug 13 at @BerkeleyAlembic eventbrite.com/e/ayahuasca-an…
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Alex K. Gearin@alex_gearin·
A less provocative title would be "muse and medicine", but the "or" distinction alludes to how people are socialized into different orientations when they encounter psychedelics, whether more or less medical, religious, ancestral, creative, celebratory, or other.
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Alex K. Gearin@alex_gearin·
For those in the Bay Area, California, come along to hear me get anthropological about different kinds of ayahuasca usage on Aug 14 at Stanford Uni. I'll be presenting from my new book "Global Ayahuasca" with fresh ethnographic perspectives for the psychedelic humanities. 1/
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