MEDICINE RESEARCH / HAPÉ / RAPÉ
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Product chemistry, Indigenous contexts, urban circulation, and South American tobacco pharmacology—resources relevant to hapé and rapé.
Tobacco-based hapé is distinguished from other nasal preparations, and direct analyses from anthropological and adjacent research.
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Hapé / Rapé resources
- 01Laboratory chemical analysis of commercial and handmade rapé productsDetailed introduction
Comprehensive Chemical Analysis of South American Rapé Products: Nicotine, Un-Ionized Nicotine, Nitrosamines, PAHs, and Flavor Constituents
Comprehensive chemical characterization of Rapé tobacco products: Nicotine, un-ionized nicotine, tobacco-specific N′-nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and flavor constituents
An independent detailed introduction to a 2015 study measuring pH, total and un-ionized nicotine, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and botanical constituents in 14 commercial and handmade rapé products.
Stephen B. Stanfill, André Luiz Oliveira da Silva, Joseph G. Lisko, Tameka S. Lawler, Peter Kuklenyik, Robert E. Tyx, Elizabeth H. Peuchen, Patricia Richter, Clifford H. Watson · Food and Chemical Toxicology · 2015
- 02Multi-sited anthropological study integrating historical and ethnographic sourcesDetailed introduction
Rapé and Shamanism among Indigenous Groups of the Middle Purus
Rapé e xamanismo entre grupos indígenas no médio Purus, Amazônia
An independent detailed introduction to a 2015 multi-sited anthropological study comparing historical documents, existing ethnographies, and informal field conversations to examine rapé in everyday life, social relations, cosmology, and shamanism across groups of the middle Purus.
Gilton Mendes dos Santos, Guilherme Henriques Soares · Amazônica - Revista de Antropologia · 2015
- 03Participatory qualitative research using semi-structured interviews and content analysisDetailed introduction
Rapé as an Integrative and Therapeutic Cultural Practice of Indigenous Peoples: A Case Study from Indigenous Perspectives
Rapé como prática cultural integrativa e terapêutica dos povos indígenas: um estudo de caso a partir do olhar indígena
An independent detailed introduction to a qualitative study organizing meanings and cultural reports from 23 semi-structured interviews and field notes with shamans, leaders, and community members from multiple Indigenous peoples in 3 Brazilian states.
Rayanne Cristine Maximo França, Tanielson Rodrigues da Silva, Ezaul Evaristo da Silva Santos, Denise Osório Severo, Victor Py-Daniel, Maria da Graça Luderitz Hoefel · Antropología Andina Muhunchik - Jathasa · 2019
- 04Anthropological book chapter on cultural mediation between villages and citiesDetailed introduction
Rapé and Sananga: “Forest Medicines” and Mediation between Villages and Urban Centers
Rapé e Sananga: Medicinas e Mediações entre Aldeias e Centros Urbanos
An independent detailed introduction to a 2019 book chapter examining rapé, sananga, ayahuasca, and other “forest medicines” moving between Pano peoples in Acre and non-Indigenous urban networks through translation, mediation, cultural presentation, and changing meaning.
Aline Ferreira Oliveira · O Uso de Plantas Psicoativas nas Américas · 2019
- 05Ethnographic case study based on 4 years and 18 rituals of participant observationDetailed introduction
Forest Shamanism in the City: The Kaxinawá Example
Forest Shamanism in the City: The Kaxinawá Example
An independent detailed introduction to a 2016 ethnography analyzing mutual understanding, translation, and connections with psychological vocabulary through participant observation at 18 urban Nixi Pae rituals in 3 Brazilian cities from 2007–2011.
Tiago Coutinho · Sociologia & Antropologia · 2016
- 06Ethnographic case study using participant observation, a field visit, and interviewsDetailed introduction
“Forest Medicines,” Kinship Alliances, and Equivocations in Contemporary Dialogues between Santo Daime and the Yawanawá
“Forest medicines,” Kinship Alliances, and Equivocations in the Contemporary Dialogues between Santo Daime and the Yawanawá
An independent detailed introduction to a 2022 ethnography examining an alliance between a Santo Daime church in Rio de Janeiro and Yawanawá leaders in Acre through 2 years of participant observation, a 20-day visit to Indigenous territory, and 8 interviews.
Lígia Duque Platero, Isabel Santana de Rose · Anthropology of Consciousness · 2022
- 07Ethnographic observation from 2012–2016 and qualitative interviewsDetailed introduction
Forest Medicines: Cosmo-Ontological Connections and Conflicts
Medicinas da floresta: conexões e conflitos cosmo-ontológicos
An independent detailed introduction to a 2018 paper analyzing movement of Huni Kuĩ nixi pae, rapé, sananga, and kambô between forest and city through ethnographic observation from 2012–2016 and 3 interviews with non-Indigenous participants in 2016.
Guilherme Pinho Meneses · Horizontes Antropológicos · 2018
- 08Multi-year ethnography including participant observation and a literature reviewDetailed introduction
Shamanism and Neoshamanism in the Ritual Consumption Circuit of “Forest Medicines”
Xamanismo e neoxamanismo no circuito do consumo ritual das medicinas da floresta
Based on multi-year fieldwork in ayahuasca groups and a literature review, this article classifies a circuit of people, materials, and knowledge connecting Santo Daime, urban neoshamanism, and Pano shamanism.
Saulo Conde Fernandes · Horizontes Antropológicos · 2018
- 094 years of participant observation and qualitative analysis of approximately 150 testimonies, writings, and drawingsDetailed introduction
Healing through Images: Ethnographic Consideration of Therapeutic Mechanisms in an Urban Ayahuasca Ritual
Curando através de imagens: notas sobre os mecanismos terapêuticos de um rito urbano de consumo de Ayahuasca
Drawing on 4 years of observation of urban Nixi Pae rituals and approximately 150 testimonies, writings, and drawings, this study analyzes visionary narratives, connections between Yube and Jungian psychology, and reported “healing.”
Tiago Coutinho · Ponto Urbe · 2013
- 10Narrative review comparing broad ethnographic sources with pharmacological literatureDetailed introduction
Does Pharmacology Corroborate the Nicotine Therapy and Practices of South American Shamanism?
Does pharmacology corroborate the nicotine therapy and practices of South American shamanism?
This narrative review compares ethnographic data from approximately 1,800 sources concerning approximately 300 societies with experimental and clinical literature on tobacco and nicotine, discussing diverse Indigenous uses of tobacco and their relationships with shamanism.
Johannes Wilbert · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 1991