Jeremy Narby - My Life as a White Vampire: Gringos, Amazonians and the Antidote of Reciprocity

Jeremy Narby's talk at the 2019 World Ayahuasca Conference explores the practice of extracting knowledge from the Amazon, reflecting on how Western people tend to end up in vampiric relations with indigenous Amazonian people despite their best intentions. He asks: how can Western ayahuasca drinkers and scientists engage in a more balanced and reciprocal relationship with indigenous Amazonians?