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Fossil Hegemony and Capitalist Realism in Tropic of Orange

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of Orange (1997) through the lens of Mark Fisher's influential concept ‘capitalist realism’. Scholars of petrofiction have pointed to a political ambivalence in the representation of fossil fuels, where a better understanding of fossil capital can overwhelm as much as galvanize.
Claire Ravenscroft
wiley   +1 more source

“The Future Is Ancestral”: The Environmental Cuir Utopias of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Argentinian author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara identifies as a “socio‐environmentalist and writer” and has been actively involved in the feminist movement #NiUnaMenos since 2015, alongside her growing engagement with environmental activism. She advocates for Indigenous land rights, water accessibility, and challenges offshore petroleum extraction ...
Victoria Jara
wiley   +1 more source

The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Marginalization of Shamans in Reporting Gus Samsudin and The Red Magician on CNN.COM and OKEZONE.COM News Portals With Theo Van Leeuwen Analysis Model

open access: yesJurnal Sastra Indonesia
Social inequality in shaman associations in Indonesia has gained media attention. Shamanism is a popular profession in Indonesian society. This study aims to (1) describe the forms of actor partiality domination in the cnn.com and okezone news portals ...
Qurrota Neina   +2 more
doaj  

Shamans, peyote, and coca sacraments: a path that maintains indigenous traditions and identity in a time of globalization

open access: yesCultura y Droga, 2006
: This paper examines the unique relationship between shamans and the special psychoactive plants valued in their cultures. The use of Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) in Huichol Indian culture of Mexico, and coca (Erythroxyum coca var.
Stacy B. Schaefer
doaj  

Prehistoric psychotropic consumption in Andean Chilean mummies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Hallucinogenic plants are often regarded as the main source of psychoactive drugs in antiquity to reach deep altered states of consciousness^1,2^. Many researchers believe this was particularly true during the Tiwanaku empire expansion, circa (500-1000 A.
Bernardo T. Arriaza   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Shamans and plant sacraments: maintaining indigenous traditions and identity in a globalized world

open access: yesCultura y Droga, 2006
: This paper examines the unique relationship shamans have with special psychoactive plants valued in their cultures. In particular the use of peyote (Lophophora williamsii) in Huichol Indian culture of Mexico, and coca (Erythroxylim coca) in the ...
Stacy B. Schaefer
doaj  

El gran pago de Mulsina o el arte de mover las montañas

open access: yesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2005
The local geography as it is perceived during protective rituals carried out on Taquile, a small island in Lake Titicaca, provides important data about the organization and perception of a sacred area as it is viewed by members of this insular and ...
Xavier Bellenger
doaj   +1 more source

The Misunderstanding between Schizophrenia and Clairaudience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This research focuses on Schizophrenia and Clairaudience that is part of doctoral research for a Doctorate of Metaphysical Sciences at the University of Metaphysics. The mental illness known as Schizophrenia has been known for centuries.
Richardson, Philippa Sue
core  

Soul Loss in the Forest of Symbols: Transformational Bodies, Avá-Guaraní Acoustemology, and Magical Mediating Methodological Instruments

open access: yesSuomen Antropologi
“Eric, you no longer have an Americano soul,” my Avá-Guaraní sister told me as my 2006-2007 fieldwork was ending. In 2005, her mother became my ritual sponsor in the naming/ensouling ritual, mitã karaí, identifying me as “Yvyrajú”, indicating the tree ...
Eric Michael Kelley
doaj   +1 more source

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