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Psychoactive Acacia Annotated Bibliography

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Like many people at the moment, I have some extra time on my hands. I’ve come up with an idea for a collaborative project that I hope some of you clever SABers might be interested in. The project aims to create a working, annotated bibliography on psychoactive Acacia. Basically, the aim is to document and compile relevant evidence that could be useful for future research and the ethnobotanical community.
 

This is the document we will be working on:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_OKwpo6q__Dlfr_dsLavAoKH1ycb0cv5oDSII1okVN8/edit?usp=sharing

For all you lazy click hoarders, here is the text explaining the project and how to participate that is provided at the link.
 

What is an annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography takes a similar form to a reference list, but includes extra information. Alongside a list of sources, an annotated bibliography provides brief text descriptions of each source. The descriptive text should aim to summarise the content of each source and reflect on its relationship to the topic of the annotated bibliography.

 

What is the topic?

The topic of this annotated bibliography is psychoactive Acacia. This includes, but is not limited to Acacia acuminata, Acacia maidenii, Acacia obtusfolia, etc. Sources do not need to discuss Acacia psychoactivity specifically.

What is our aim?

To compile a working, comprehensive list of evidence pertaining to psychoactive Acacia capable of contributing to future research. Such research may concern ecology, harm reduction, economics, politics and other contexts. 

 

What should you do?

In the first table below:

·         Provide your name or alias.

·         Identify the Acacia sp. addressed by the source.

·         Provide a full reference for each source according to APA referencing style.

·         Provide a link to the source, where possible.

·         Provide a concise summary of the content of the source. What was the source about?

·         Provide a brief reflective commentary on the source. How is the source relevant to the topic of psychoactive Acacia? How many citations has the source received? Do you consider the source to be of good quality? Why/why not?

·         Place your annotation row in alphabetical order (A-Z) of the first author’s surname.

 

Sound like too much hard work?

That’s okay! You can still contribute by suggesting sources to review. At the bottom of this document there is an additional table listing sources you would like to see annotated but don’t have time to annotate yourself. At a minimum, please include a link in this table. Ideally, you will provide a reference in APA format, too. 


If you have any questions, would like to contribute, or need help accessing a source, please get in touch.

 

Edited by Wile E. Peyote
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thats a cool format. pretty inspiring for retrospective reviews

Edited by sagiXsagi
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Cheers sagi, feel free to use the template if it suits. I think it is a great tool for collaborative research, just a matter of choosing an interesting topic and having people willing to contribute. I rekon the psychoactive Acacia topic is interesting but haven't had any contributions so far. Maybe I should promote it on FB...

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well its a specialised topic in a specialized format.. I have been mostly alone in my quest with ephedra and compiling papers.. But lonely while it can be, it can also be very fascinating. Also takes time ,  as compiling some stuff is only the begining. 

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