manvir singh
anthropologist. assistant prof (incoming) @ucdavis. phd @harvard. words @newyorker @wired etc. writing a book on shamanism for @aaknopf @penguinbooks. π§ββοΈ
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A trope of historical narratives is that superstitious natives believed European invaders to be gods. Yet the more I read, the more it seems these stories are post-conquest propaga...
Many people claim that indigenous psychedelic use consists of shamans giving plants to patients for mental healing. Yet for the last month, @sdpnayak & I have been visiting communi...
Government departments (like @USDA & @DHSCgovuk) frequently publish dietary guidelines. But looking at hunter-gatherers & forager-farmers, I'm struck by how many violate Western gu...
In the 1970s & 80s, anthropologists working in small-scale, non-industrial societies fastidiously noted down what people were doing throughout the day. Iβve been exploring the data...