Indigenous knowledge in the Amazon’s bioeconomy: Unveiling bioepistemicide through the case of kambo
Maria Fernanda Gebara, Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen and Michael Franz Schmidlehner. Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 154, 2023.
The social-cultural history and present of Ayahuasca
This presentation was given as part of the Breaking Convention at the Univiserty of Exeter – UK. Here I offer a journey through the historical socio-cultural aspects of ayahuasca, including its origins, past and present uses, and purposes. I discuss if and how Indigenous cosmologies and the practice of ayahuasca are being incorporated into the […]
A missão do xamã: ameaçados de extinção, saberes peruanos chegam ao Brasil
“Há pessoas que bebem ayahuasca poucas vezes e já se apresentam como xamãs, convidam pessoas e começam a fazer trabalhos com a bebida, mas é preciso estar preparado para manejar essa medicina, isso pode levar mais de 10 anos”, afirma o curandeiro peruano do povo indígena Shipibo-Conibo.
The Yanomami are Life
Many centuries ago the Yanomami already said that the Earth was blue, covered by a fragile layer of blue, which should be treated with great care.
The mother of Brazil is Indigenous
The mother of Brazil is Indigenous, even though the country is prouder of its European father who treats it like a bastard child. Its roots are Indigenous, come from the ancestral people who wear a story, who write their culture, their prayers, and their struggles on their skin…
A sight of relief at COP 27: Brazil is Back!
“Brazil is Back!”, said president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at COP 27 in Egypt. Although I am truly happy with the result of the Brazilian elections – the main reason for hope during COP 27 – I have been struggling with what to say about it. I don’t want to be a downer, but urgent action on the climate crisis is needed and conferences like COP might not be the way ahead.
Which Development to Sustain? Indigenous Practices and Webs of Trust
Transforming our World: Participatory-driven Approaches and the Sustainable Development Goals. Bluo Verda. 2022. This is a lecture given as part of a 3-week online course focusing on using participatory methods as essential transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral tools for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The course was organized in September 2022 by Bluo Verda, a diaspora organization […]
Amazonian Plant Medicines and Behaviour Change
Lecture given online at Harvard Divinity School Inaugural Conference on Ecological Spiritualities in April 2022. At this moment of profound ecological and health crisis, there is an urgent call for a fundamental rethinking of our attitudes toward the natural environment. This presentation explores the role of Amazonian plant medicines in promoting indigenous spirituality and how […]
Listening to plants: Indigenous rituals and transitions
Maria Fernanda Gebara. Amazonia Latitude. 2022.
Ecological justice in post-COVID-19 politics: The role of affective ecologies and amazonian indigenous ontologies
Maria Fernanda Gebara. In “Environment, Climate and Social Justice”, eds. Madhanagopal, D., Beer, C.T., Nikku, B.R., Pelser, A.J. Springer, Singapure.
