The Ancient Modern Institute
– CURRENT INITIATIVES –
Research matters • Education matters • Ethical frameworks matter
Theory becomes meaningful when it changes systems.
Ancient Modern initiatives translate these principles into long-term interventions built around the communities, environments, and systems with which we work.
PERUVIAN AMAZON
– PROTECTING LIVING KNOWLEDGE
– STRENGTHENING CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY
– BUILDING SYSTEMS OF RECIPROCITY
Supporting Shipibo-Konibo communities through intergenerational knowledge transmission, Indigenous-led medicine centers, reciprocal commerce, women-led initiatives, and land preservation.
Cultural Sovereignty • Intergenerational Knowledge • Reciprocal Commerce • Land Preservation • Indigenous Ownership
SOUTH AFRICA
– WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD DIFFERENTLY FROM THE BEGINNING
As research surrounding psilocybin and traditional medicine expands across the African continent, Ancient Modern is working to establish systems of reciprocity alongside that growth.
Our work combines community relationships, research ethics, systems analysis, and long-term partnership to develop alternatives to extractive models of knowledge acquisition.
Research Ethics • Reciprocity • Systems Analysis • Community Partnership
PERUVIAN AMAZON
– FROM SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO SYSTEMS CHANGE
Building from research examining how economic value moves through the psychedelic wellness industry in the Peruvian Amazon, Ancient Modern is developing frameworks for systems that strengthen rather than extract from the communities and ecologies from which these medicines originate.
Systems Research • Indigenous Ownership • Regenerative Economics • Applied Ethics