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You've landed on the page of Dr. David Shorter, professor at UCLA.
Dr. Shorter's first book, We Will Dance Our Truth, evolves from decades of learning about indigenous lifeways, primarily among the Yoeme communities in northwest Mexico.
His research website, Vachiam Eecha/Planting the Seeds, was the first ethnographic website built in collaboration with Yoeme people from various pueblos. Originally designed and "published" in 2003, this site was edited and updated into a second edition in 2012.
With support from the National Science Foundation, he has filmed tribal rituals pertaining to both collective and individual healing. He has also received fellowships and grants enabling him to learn about natural and "traditional" approaches to healing. His current research entails developing the Archive of Healing, Ritual, and Transformation, a searchable database of sixty years of research into healing practices from around the world.
Among his favorite classes to teach at UCLA are "Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts," “Ethnographies of/as Colonialism,” "Meditation for College Students," "The Art of Being Human: Living the Philosophy of Martin Buber," "Language, Culture, and Ontology," and "Why Do We Hallucinate?"
Dr. Shorter's first book, We Will Dance Our Truth, evolves from decades of learning about indigenous lifeways, primarily among the Yoeme communities in northwest Mexico.
His research website, Vachiam Eecha/Planting the Seeds, was the first ethnographic website built in collaboration with Yoeme people from various pueblos. Originally designed and "published" in 2003, this site was edited and updated into a second edition in 2012.
With support from the National Science Foundation, he has filmed tribal rituals pertaining to both collective and individual healing. He has also received fellowships and grants enabling him to learn about natural and "traditional" approaches to healing. His current research entails developing the Archive of Healing, Ritual, and Transformation, a searchable database of sixty years of research into healing practices from around the world.
Among his favorite classes to teach at UCLA are "Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts," “Ethnographies of/as Colonialism,” "Meditation for College Students," "The Art of Being Human: Living the Philosophy of Martin Buber," "Language, Culture, and Ontology," and "Why Do We Hallucinate?"
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