WORLD AYAHUASCA CONFERENCES
The World Ayahuasca Conferences organized by ICEERS in 2014, 2016, and 2019, the first of their kind exclusively dedicated to this Amazonian medicine, brought together indigenous experts, ethnographic researchers, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and artists from around the world. The stated goal of the meeting: “To build a sustainable future for plants, people, and the planet.”
III Conference | Girona, 2019
In this paper, entitled The Invention of Traditional Treatment, I reflect on how ayahuasca retreat centers specializing in tourists have adapted medical systems to Western expectations.