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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Teaching at the Intersection of Psychedelics & Design
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DESIGNCHALLENGE
How might we explore the role of design in building out the psychedelic ecosystem?
DESIGNIMPACT
First, convince, then... build and teach Stanford University’s first-ever course on psychedelic medicine and design.
Partner with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) to allow students to explore how both licensed and traditional (underground) practitioners might integrate into a formalized healthcare landscape.
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Voices from across the psychedelic ecosystem — clinicians, paliative care providers, therapists, lawers, policy makers, indigenous wisom keepers, mystics, business people, regenerative economics, artists — in a 10 week course.
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Interdisciplinary students from each one of Stanford’s seven schools.
Student voices:
“My interest was superficial. I saw psychedelics in the class description and was like, This sounds really cool, let's do it! ...it turned out to be so much deeper than I ever expected. When the speakers started talking about the emotional and physical preparation, and what’s required to go through a journey, I got a better grasp of what these compounds can actually do to help people.”
“It's been powerful seeing where my cohort and I can be held accountable when thinking of how experiences are delivered in the world. These compounds are part of systems just like the rest of healthcare. There are power dynamics and trust that needs to be considered.”
“I used to think there’s no way there’s ten weeks worth of information about psychedelics. Now I think it’s a huge, complex beautiful subject.”
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