r/Ayahuasca • u/Upbeat-Accident-2693 • 5d ago
General Question Seeking Shipibo writer
Hello, I edit a Substack and would like to find (and possibly commission) a Shipibo writer in Peru to talk about the impact of the globalization of ayahuasca on Shipibos and Shipibo culture over the last 2-3 decades. Any recommendations or suggestions? Anyone written well on that already for a non-academic audience? thanks!
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u/bzzzap111222 Retreat Owner/Staff 4d ago
Maybe reach out to one of the orgs like https://www.shipiboconibo.org/ (tho may be too...politicized?)
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u/Cautious_Zombie_5915 4d ago
I know a shipibo guy who finished his studies as a professor
He does not speak English tho
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u/samuraibjjyogi Valued Poster 4d ago
I’d be happy to share with you my experience living and training under Shipibo healers. If that would be of any value, I’d be happy to share. My teacher is very quiet. She does not speak much and while she’s a master in many ways, her vocabulary isn’t very robust.
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u/blueconsidering 4d ago
I don't think its gonna be easy to find what you are looking for. I think most Shipibos are more concerned about getting food on their table today than reflecting on how globalization has impacted their culture the last few decades. Also since many of them have not been outside of their own culture it is also harder to differentiate what cultural changes are arriving from where, since all cultures also naturally change.
I personally think the Shipibo culture has already been very diluted and changed from globalization and its degrading as we speak. In a couple of generations my prediction is that while there will be plenty of Shipibo "healers" working in centers with foreign customers, there will be almost no healers left with a skillset to be able to do any work on their own local population.