From gonzo at quadrantcrossing.org  Sun Feb  1 18:24:26 2009
From: gonzo at quadrantcrossing.org (> ! <)
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:24:26 -0800
Subject: [Dancecult-l] Anthony d'Andrea: Goa: Drugs,
 Terror and Noise: The New Regime of Rave Surveillance
In-Reply-To: <60229.82.192.92.128.1233484425.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <C5AB1ACA.3CC61%gonzo@quadrantcrossing.org>


also re/posted to Nettime by Patrice Riemens.
    amazing Goa lasted as long as it did ..
    Remember folks what HST said: the Circus Circus is what we'd all be
doing on Saturday nights if the Nazis has won the war ..
--. though the latter clause of HST's prescient hypothesis is no longer
necessary to its conclusion.
    best/ t.

.==
original to: http://globalraver.blogspot.com/
31 January 2009


Drugs, Terror and Noise: The New Regime of Rave Surveillance (in Goa)

Unusual things happened in the trance scene in Goa (India) this season. I
start with an apparently trivial story. The police arrested a group of
party promoters led by a German and a Russian DJ in the remote beach of
Morjim this last January 11. Nothing really different here, had they been
caught selling drugs (which was not the case). Since the early 2000s, the
government has largely eradicated the trance scene, but smaller secret
parties still take place under informal agreements among villagers, cops
and expatriates. In any case, whenever the police raid these unauthorized
events, the same outcome is expected: Western party promoters get away
with a warning, perhaps losing the sound system, if not paying baksheesh
(institutional bribe).

However, the recent January arrest was different. To the best of my
knowledge, this was the first time that Western party promoters have been
arrested on charges of public disorder, as defined in the "Noise Pollution
Rules" ? a not-so-new law (2000) that bans unauthorized audio events from
public spaces between 22:00 to 6:00. Ironical, as Goa police has only
recently opened its very first anti-narcotics division...

As an additional twist, Goa authorities have been monitoring the trance
scene within wider concerns with terrorism. Goa is a top tourist
destination, in addition to boasting a significant Christian heritage.
Considering the terrorist attacks in Bali, Egypt and Mumbai, it is somehow
surprising that Goa has not been hit. Tight community oversight of their
rural surroundings seems to be working as a strong preventive.
Nevertheless, authorities worry that free flows of party goers may serve
as target (or conduit) for terrorist plots. Otherwise, how Techno freaks
and Islamic terrorists are linked is still a matter for Bollywood
imagination...

In sum, a new regime of global rave surveillance seems to be on the rise.
>From demonizing trance parties as drug havens, the State is now employing
themes of "drugs", "terror" and "noise" within a single regime of
surveillance/environment/development for regulating the local trance scene
and tourism. This is not the result of any intentional orchestration, but
rather, the expression of the messiness of global forces acting upon rave
scenes and tourist resorts around the world.

Yet, where there is power, there is resistance



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From a-dandrea at uchicago.edu  Mon Feb  2 17:39:19 2009
From: a-dandrea at uchicago.edu (a-dandrea at uchicago.edu)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:39:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Dancecult-l] Goa: Drugs,
	Terror and Noise: The New Regime of Rave Surveillance (in Goa)
Message-ID: <709952.71966.qm@web45706.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Thanks for forwarding my article, Patrice. The '?' marks below are not rhetorical artifices but copy-paste typos, as they are not originally in the text. Cheers, AD'/TT


--- On Mon, 2/2/09, dancecult-l-request at listcultures.org <dancecult-l-request at listcultures.org> wrote:

also re/posted to Nettime by Patrice Riemens.
? ? amazing Goa lasted as long as it did ..
? ? Remember folks what HST said: the Circus Circus is what we'd all be
doing on Saturday nights if the Nazis has won the war ..
--. though the latter clause of HST's prescient hypothesis is no longer
necessary to its conclusion.
? ? best/ t.

.==
original to: http://globalraver.blogspot.com/
31 January 2009


Drugs, Terror and Noise: The New Regime of Rave Surveillance (in Goa)

Unusual things happened in the trance scene in Goa (India) this season. I
start with an apparently trivial story. The police arrested a group of
party promoters led by a German and a Russian DJ in the remote beach of
Morjim this last January 11. Nothing really different here, had they been
caught selling drugs (which was not the case). Since the early 2000s, the
government has largely eradicated the trance scene, but smaller secret
parties still take place under informal agreements among villagers, cops
and expatriates. In any case, whenever the police raid these unauthorized
events, the same outcome is expected: Western party promoters get away
with a warning, perhaps losing the sound system, if not paying
 baksheesh
(institutional bribe)..

However, the recent January arrest was different. To the best of my
knowledge, this was the first time that Western party promoters have been
arrested on charges of public disorder, as defined in the "Noise Pollution
Rules" ? a not-so-new law (2000) that bans unauthorized audio events from
public spaces between 22:00 to 6:00. Ironical, as Goa police has only
recently opened its very first anti-narcotics division...

As an additional twist, Goa authorities have been monitoring the trance
scene within wider concerns with terrorism. Goa is a top tourist
destination, in addition to boasting a significant Christian heritage.
Considering the terrorist attacks in Bali, Egypt and Mumbai, it is somehow
surprising that Goa has not been hit. Tight community oversight of their
rural surroundings seems to be working as a strong preventive.
Nevertheless, authorities worry that free
 flows of party goers may serve
as target (or conduit) for terrorist plots. Otherwise, how Techno freaks
and Islamic terrorists are linked is still a matter for Bollywood
imagination...

In sum, a new regime of global rave surveillance seems to be on the rise.
>From demonizing trance parties as drug havens, the State is now employing
themes of "drugs", "terror" and "noise" within a single regime of
surveillance/environment/development for regulating the local trance scene
and tourism. This is not the result of any intentional orchestration, but
rather, the expression of the messiness of global forces acting upon rave
scenes and tourist resorts around the world.

Yet, where there is power, there is resistance?


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From g.stjohn at warpmail.net  Thu Feb 12 21:35:13 2009
From: g.stjohn at warpmail.net (Graham St John)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:35:13 -0600
Subject: [Dancecult-l] Dancecult - the Journal
Message-ID: <p062408a5c5ba12927cbd@[192.168.0.5]>

Hello

Just a reminder that Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music 
Culture (DJEDMC) opened its doors late last year and we are accepting 
submissions for our first edition.

http://www.dancecult.net/journal/

I want to emphasise that the journal features two main categories of 
peer-reviewed submissions : regular featured articles and "from the 
floor" pieces. Featured articles are 5000-8000 words (including 
endnotes, captions and bibliography), and must include a 150 word 
abstract.

 From the floor (FF) pieces include field reports, mini-ethnographies, 
and interviews. Pieces for this section should be from 1000-3000 
words in length. Rather than written in the style of an article with 
formal analysis and many citations, FF pieces will be more 
conversational and creative. They may include substantive multimedia 
components. The emphasis is on ethnography, style and creativity.

The journal now has an advisory board of over 20 members.

And, I am pleased to welcome Karenza Moore from Lancaster University 
on board as our first Reviews Editor. If you are publishing a book on 
EDMC, DJEDMC will be an ideal venue to have it reviewed. Please send 
books (or films) to Karenza at:

Karenza Moore
Dept of Applied Social Science
Bowland North
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
LA1 4YT

Thanks to our sponsor (so far): the Centre for Cultural Studies 
Research at  the University of East London!

And, as always, thanks to Managing Editor, Eliot Bates, for his 
assistance and web savvy.


Graham



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