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Psychedelic Strategies; Alternative Phenomenologies, Translations, and Representations of the Human Body in Relation to Interior Space
Author(s) -
Pellicano Emily
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of interior design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1939-1668
pISSN - 1071-7641
DOI - 10.1111/joid.12186
Subject(s) - consciousness , legalization , natural (archaeology) , psilocybin , relation (database) , altered state , space (punctuation) , psychology , the renaissance , aesthetics , epistemology , history , computer science , art , philosophy , hallucinogen , art history , operating system , archaeology , database , psychiatry
In the wake of a turning tide on the legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana, and with the recent decriminalization of psilocybin in Denver, a psychedelic renaissance may too be on the horizon. Psychedelics have again become the subject of rigorous study at institutions such as Yale, UCLA, NYU, and Johns Hopkins. Many clinical accounts underscore the psychedelic experience with a “dissolution of the self” as an entity separate from the universe, producing a subjective–objective duality. By delving into clinical accounts of altered states of consciousness, this paper will identify potential “psychedelic strategies” which suggest alternative modes of translation and representation of the human body in relation to interior space, integrating the self with the built and natural environment, ultimately offering designers powerful tools to generate more socially, politically, and environmentally conscious interior futures, perhaps an alternate phenomenology of the interior.