"As the mainstreaming of sacred plants continues to evolve and diversify, it is critical to hold space and speak out with honesty about the underlying colonia relations that rural fall farmer and indigenous communities continue to navigate."
Geography Lecturer Diana Negrín's new article, "Why Land and Ecology Matter for Global Psychedelics," explores the question of land and ecology within the highly lucrative psychedelics boom. As the mainstreaming of sacred plants continues to evolve and diversify, Negrín argues that it is critical to hold space and speak out with honesty about the underlying colonial relations that rural fall farmer and Indigenous communities continue to navigate as their ancestral plants, water, land, minerals and air become intervened by new actors and uses. Read the entire article here!
Photo: Workshop on mesquite derivatives in Wirikuta, San Luis Potosí. Photograph by author, 2022.