Tehseen Noorani's guest appearances

Tehseen Noorani

Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

So Many Wings

Regnfang

Eric L. Santner

J.T. Roane

Mark Padoongpatt

Calvin Warren

Alfie Bown

Simone Kolysh

Joanna Steinhardt

Eugene Thacker

James Padilioni

Mary Hawkesworth

James Chamberlain

Charles Mills

Amy Allen

Anna L. Tsing

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

OwlTail

Join us for a conversation with Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher where we discuss the origins and highlights of the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening Conference, as well as each interviewee’s personal research and links to these subjects. Topics we cover include:  Why madness is excluded from psychedelic therapy and left outside the emerging conversation, and how to involve mad folks in these conversations Community harm reduction responses to spiritual awakening, and harm reduction with psychedelics The consequences of psychedelic exclusion criteria How themes of overground and underground experimentation and healing show up in each participant’s research And more!  About Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher: Tehseen is an independent researcher in the final stages of a five-year postdoctoral project documenting how 'psychedelic' and ‘psychotic’ experiences, practices and histories are connected.  This has involved an ethnography of the overground and underground experimentation happening with, (1) psychedelics, including leading qualitative research with the psychedelics research team at Johns Hopkins University, and (2) madness, including as a long-standing ally of the Hearing Voices Network, and more recent membership of the Hearing The Voice project. His book - planned for publication in 2021 - puts these twinned sites into conversation, locating their joint possibilities within the raced and gendered politics of contemporary drug-taking and spirit-making. Erica is a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the co-chair of the Society for Medical Anthropology's Mental Health Interest Group. Over the last decade, she has worked closely with community members, peer support specialists, and community health workers on collaborative alternatives to traditional psychiatric treatment. Erica writes about contemporary mental health social movements, community health and healing, and carework; her scholarship spans the health humanities, social medicine, and mad studies.  About the Conference: Psychedelics, Madness, &amp; Awakening: Harm Reduction &amp; Future Visions To watch recorded presentations and panel discussions with the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening’s conference, check out the PMA website: http://www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com Find Tehseen online:  On Twitter @tehseennoorani To download Tehseen’s articles:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tehseen-Noorani-2  Find Erica online:  On the web: https://ericahua.weebly.com On Instagram @erica.hua To download Erica’s articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erica_Fletcher3  Links to relevant resources:  Anthropology &amp; Mental Health Interest Group: http://amhig.medanthro.net  Alternatives Conference: https://www.alternatives-conference.org  Hearing Voices conference:  http://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/intervoice-congress-2021/   Links to So Many Wings’ social media and website  On the web: https://somanywings.org On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somanywingspodcast On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somanywingspodcast On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/somanywingspodcast 

Join us for a conversation with Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher where we discuss the origins and highlights of the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening Conference, as well as each interviewee’s personal research and links to these subjects. Topics we cover include: <ul> <li>Why madness is excluded from psychedelic therapy and left outside the emerging conversation, and how to involve mad folks in these conversations</li> <li>Community harm reduction responses to spiritual awakening, and harm reduction with psychedelics</li> <li>The consequences of psychedelic exclusion criteria</li> <li>How themes of overground and underground experimentation and healing show up in each participant’s research</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul> About Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher: Tehseen is an independent researcher in the final stages of a five-year postdoctoral project documenting how 'psychedelic' and ‘psychotic’ experiences, practices and histories are connected.  This has involved an ethnography of the overground and underground experimentation happening with, (1) psychedelics, including leading <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29938565/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">qualitative research</a> with the psychedelics research team at Johns Hopkins University, and (2) madness, including as a long-standing ally of the Hearing Voices Network, and more recent membership of the <a href="https://hearingthevoice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hearing The Voice</a> project. His book - planned for publication in 2021 - puts these twinned sites into conversation, locating their joint possibilities within the raced and gendered politics of contemporary drug-taking and spirit-making. Erica is a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the co-chair of the Society for Medical Anthropology's Mental Health Interest Group. Over the last decade, she has worked closely with community members, peer support specialists, and community health workers on collaborative alternatives to traditional psychiatric treatment. Erica writes about contemporary mental health social movements, community health and healing, and carework; her scholarship spans the health humanities, social medicine, and mad studies.  About the Conference: Psychedelics, Madness, &amp; Awakening: Harm Reduction &amp; Future Visions To watch recorded presentations and panel discussions with the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening’s conference, check out the PMA website: <a href="http://www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com</a> Find Tehseen online: <ul> <li>On Twitter @tehseennoorani</li> <li>To download Tehseen’s articles: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tehseen-Noorani-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tehseen-Noorani-2</a></li> </ul> Find Erica online: <ul> <li>On the web: <a href="https://ericahua.weebly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ericahua.weebly.com</a></li> <li>On Instagram @erica.hua</li> <li>To download Erica’s articles: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erica_Fletcher3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erica_Fletcher3</a></li> </ul> Links to relevant resources: <ul> <li>Anthropology &amp; Mental Health Interest Group: <a href="http://amhig.medanthro.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://amhig.medanthro.net</a> </li> <li>Alternatives Conference: <a href="https://www.alternatives-conference.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.alternatives-conference.org</a> </li> <li>Hearing Voices conference: <a href="http://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/intervoice-congress-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/intervoice-congress-2021/</a> </li> </ul> Links to So Many Wings’ social media and website <ul> <li>On the web: <a href="https://somanywings.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://somanywings.org</a></li> <li>On Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/somanywingspodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/somanywingspodcast</a></li> <li>On Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/somanywingspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/somanywingspodcast</a></li> <li>On Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/somanywingspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/join/somanywingspodcast</a></li> </ul>

Psychedelics, Madness, & Awakening Conference: An Interview with Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher

In this episode, James welcomes back friend of the podcast Joanna Steinhardt and introduces Tehseen Noorani, co-editors of the recent “The Psychedelic Revival” series published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology. From PTSD and opiate rehabilitation therapy, legalization and decriminalization initiatives, to “tech bro” microdosing and New Age spirituality eco-tourism, it seems that psychedlics are all the rage for everyone these days (including your Boomer parents!). But how did we get here? Join James, Joanna, and Tehseen as they bring you up to speed on the plant and fungal movements and trajectories making up this psychedelic revival in its various post-1971 iterations following President Nixon’s declaration of the U.S. government’s War on Drugs. But does heralding the “revival” of psychedelia eclipse the traditional contributions of Indigenous American and African pharmacopic knowledges? Or might the revival lead to a revolution of ancestral consciousness capable of rescuing us from the crises of racial capitalism and the Anthropocene? “Turn on, tune in, drop out,” and give a listen! Special thanks to Joanna and Tehseen for providing an extensive episode bibliography! Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter. Like our Facebook page. RSS feed here. Patreon here. Thanks to Bad Infinity for the intro music from their album FutureCommons; always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click here. https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3   Links:Digital Media “The Psychedelic Revival,” Fieldsights series, Society for Cultural Anthropology Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Johns Hopkins University Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research Website of Dr. Monnica T. Williams (also see Patricia Kubala’s profile of Dr. Williams in “The Psychedelic Revival” series) Oakland Hyphae, a self-described collective of “Oakland-based intersectional #mycology enthusiasts. 100% Black Owned” Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Psymposia, “adversarial” investigative journalists working on a psychedelics and society beat Joanna’s 2016 Epistemic Unruliness interview on mycelial movements Joanna’s professional site Tehseen’s Durham University bio and Authority Research Network scholarshipBooks Giffort, Danielle. Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy. Univ. of MN Press, 2020. Labate, Beatriz Caiuby and Clancy Cavnar, eds. Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond. Oxford UP, 2014. Langlitz, Nick. Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain. UC Press, 2012. Lattin, Don. The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America. Harper Collins, 2010. Letcher, Andy. Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom. Ecco, 2008. Richards, William A. Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences. Columbia UP, 2015. Saldanha, Arun. Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race. Univ. of MN Press, 2007 Shipley, Morgan. Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America. Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2015.    Serotonin. Image by Kelsey Brooks, via Society for Cultural Anthropology: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival   via reddit user lysergic_serpent on r/lsd: https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/

In this episode, James welcomes back friend of the podcast Joanna Steinhardt and introduces Tehseen Noorani, co-editors of the recent <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“The Psychedelic Revival”</a> series published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology. From PTSD and opiate rehabilitation therapy, legalization and decriminalization initiatives, to “tech bro” microdosing and New Age spirituality eco-tourism, it seems that psychedlics are all the rage for everyone these days (including your Boomer parents!). But how did we get here? Join James, Joanna, and Tehseen as they bring you up to speed on the plant and fungal movements and trajectories making up this psychedelic revival in its various post-1971 iterations following President Nixon’s declaration of the U.S. government’s War on Drugs. But does heralding the “revival” of psychedelia eclipse the traditional contributions of Indigenous American and African pharmacopic knowledges? Or might the revival lead to a revolution of ancestral consciousness capable of rescuing us from the crises of racial capitalism and the Anthropocene? “Turn on, tune in, drop out,” and give a listen! Special thanks to Joanna and Tehseen for providing an extensive episode bibliography! Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-already-podcast-episodes/id879272845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iTunes</a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/AlwaysAlreadyOn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. RSS feed <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Infinity</a> for the intro music from their album <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity/sets/futurecommons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FutureCommons</a>; always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3</a> Links:Digital Media <ul> <li><a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“The Psychedelic Revival,”</a> Fieldsights series, Society for Cultural Anthropology</li> <li><a href="https://maps.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins University Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.monnicawilliams.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website of Dr. Monnica T. Williams </a>(also see <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/psychedelics-and-race-a-profile-of-dr-monnica-t-williams" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patricia Kubala’s profile</a> of Dr. Williams in “The Psychedelic Revival” series)</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oakland_hyphae/?utm_source=ig_embed" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Oakland Hyphae</a>, a self-described collective of “Oakland-based intersectional #mycology enthusiasts. 100% Black Owned”</li> <li><a href="https://chacruna.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines</a></li> <li><a href="http://psymposia/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Psymposia,</a> “adversarial” investigative journalists working on a psychedelics and society beat</li> <li>Joanna’s <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/steinhardt/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2016 Epistemic Unruliness interview</a> on mycelial movements</li> <li>Joanna’s <a href="https://jbsteinhardt.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">professional site</a></li> <li>Tehseen’s <a href="https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?id=17085" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Durham University</a> bio and <a href="http://www.authorityresearch.net/encountering-psychedelics.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Authority Research Network</a> scholarship</li></ul>Books <ul> <li>Giffort, Danielle. <a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/acid-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Acid Revival: </a><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/acid-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy.</a> Univ. of MN Press, 2020.</li> <li> Labate, Beatriz Caiuby and Clancy Cavnar, eds. <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ayahuasca-shamanism-in-the-amazon-and-beyond-9780199341207?q=labate&amp;lang=en&amp;cc=us" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond</a>. Oxford UP, 2014. </li> <li>Langlitz, Nick. <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520274822/neuropsychedelia" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain</a>. UC Press, 2012.</li> <li> Lattin, Don. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-harvard-psychedelic-club-don-lattin?variant=32205818920994" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America.</a> Harper Collins, 2010. </li> <li> Letcher, Andy. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/shroom-andy-letcher?variant=32154169081890" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom</a>. Ecco, 2008. </li> <li> Richards, William A. <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/sacred-knowledge/9780231174060" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences.</a> Columbia UP, 2015. </li> <li> Saldanha, Arun. <a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/psychedelic-white" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race.</a> Univ. of MN Press, 2007 </li> <li> Shipley, Morgan. <a href="https://rowman.com/isbn/9781498509091/psychedelic-mysticism-transforming-consciousness-religious-experiences-and-voluntary-peasants-in-postwar-america" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America.</a> Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2015. </li> </ul> <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Serotonin. Image by Kelsey Brooks, via Society for Cultural Anthropology: <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>via reddit user lysergic_serpent on r/lsd: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/</a>

Interview: Joanna Steinhardt and Tehseen Noorani on the Psychedelic Revival — Epistemic Unruliness 32