Whose Knowledge?: Cyberbotany & the Quest for Epistemic Justice in Psychedelic Research
The re-emergence of psychedelic research in universities often comes with robust historical narratives blaming politicians for the rise and fall in scientific interest in these substances. While public policies made it difficult to study psychedelics in an institutionalized setting, prohibition only drove experimentation underground. This resulted in the emergence of, what Kempner coins, “cyberbotany.”