Although my blog is, as of this moment, still pretty weak, I'm working on it. I haven't quite figured out what type of widget I might add or exactly how to add them, but that will come down the road. For now I'm trying to survey the blog-o-sphere to get a feel for different styles of layouts.
In a previous post I mentioned that my vision for the Mediated Culture final project includes both shamanic tourism and the scientific research being conducted on entheogens. Fortunately, the amount of data emerging from this field of study seems to be increasing, so I've been able to find some great sources that call for research on hallucinogenic compounds, as well as justifying its inclusion within the framework of a variety of disciplines. Sites like Brainwaving have article topics ranging from String Theory and Psychedelic Consciousness to the use of cocaine by Sherlock Holmes.
Psychedelic Research does the dirty work for those of us interested in this very particular niche of science by compiling great amounts of the current material that's being published on psychotropics and related topics. Psychedelic Medicine News is along the same line.
Of course, blogs like Neurotypical? and Neurosoup deal with the effects that these entheogenic compounds have on brain chemistry.
I see a lot of potential here for a "meta-discussion" on different mediums. While the tourism aspect represents a clear clashing of cultures, the compounds that constitute indigenous concoctions like Ayahuasca might themselves be forms of subconscious/quantum communication devices.
I'm excited to both continue my research and make this page a lot more presentable.
In a previous post I mentioned that my vision for the Mediated Culture final project includes both shamanic tourism and the scientific research being conducted on entheogens. Fortunately, the amount of data emerging from this field of study seems to be increasing, so I've been able to find some great sources that call for research on hallucinogenic compounds, as well as justifying its inclusion within the framework of a variety of disciplines. Sites like Brainwaving have article topics ranging from String Theory and Psychedelic Consciousness to the use of cocaine by Sherlock Holmes.
Psychedelic Research does the dirty work for those of us interested in this very particular niche of science by compiling great amounts of the current material that's being published on psychotropics and related topics. Psychedelic Medicine News is along the same line.
Of course, blogs like Neurotypical? and Neurosoup deal with the effects that these entheogenic compounds have on brain chemistry.
I see a lot of potential here for a "meta-discussion" on different mediums. While the tourism aspect represents a clear clashing of cultures, the compounds that constitute indigenous concoctions like Ayahuasca might themselves be forms of subconscious/quantum communication devices.
I'm excited to both continue my research and make this page a lot more presentable.