Made in Amazonia: The Globalization of South American Psychotropics

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The Amazon basin is home to up to 80,000 distinct species of plants. In recent years, some of these have become popular globally due to their mind-altering qualities. This panel will take a look at the stories behind the dissemination of three of these: guarana, ayahuasca, and coca. These three global commodities now encapsulate significant new forms of regional development from spiritual tourism to large scale deforestation.

Panelists:

Seth Garfield
Department of History, University of Texas at Austin,

Paul Gootenberg
Department of History, Stony Brook University

Evgenia Fotiou
Independent Scholar