From Hillegonda at zoo.co.uk Sun Nov 1 13:53:22 2009 From: Hillegonda at zoo.co.uk (Hillegonda) Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:53:22 +0000 Subject: [Dancecult-l] Hip Hop Research Seminar: 4 Nov 09 In-Reply-To: <4AD8B2E3.60308@zoo.co.uk> References: <4AD8B2E3.60308@zoo.co.uk> Message-ID: <4AED84C2.4030000@zoo.co.uk> CENTRE FOR MEDIA & CULTURE RESEARCH - Autumn 2009 Events --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 4 November, 3 - 4.30 pm, London South Bank University Studio 55, Keyworth Centre (first floor) Keyworth Street London, SE1 0AA Thomas Solomon: 'Berlin?Frankfurt?Istanbul: Turkish Hip-hop in Motion' This paper explores the implications the experience of movement can have for feelings of belonging, arguing that multi-sited ethnography is an especially appropriate method for investigating these *transnational communities of affect*, following actors along the routes they take as they trace the itineraries of their identity. Thomas Solomon is Associate Professor in the Grieg Academy ? Department of Music, at the University of Bergen, Norway. His publications include articles in Ethnomusicology, Popular Music, and Yearbook for Traditional Music, as well numerous edited volumes. His current research focuses on popular musics in the Turkish diaspora in Europe, issues of gender in Turkish rap music, and musical imaginations of regional identity on the Turkish Black Sea coast. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.stjohn at warpmail.net Wed Nov 18 10:12:16 2009 From: g.stjohn at warpmail.net (Graham St John) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:12:16 -0800 Subject: [Dancecult-l] New Book ---> Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures Message-ID: Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures by Graham St John (Equinox, 2009) http://www.equinoxpub.com/books/showbook.asp?bkid=392 "Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures is the most wide-ranging and detailed of all the books on rave. More than the study of a musical movement or genre, Technomad offers an alternate history of cultural politics since the 1960s, from hippies and Acid Tests through the sound systems and 'vibe-tribes' of the 1990s and beyond. Like Greil Marcus's Lipstick Traces, Technomad makes unexpected but entirely convincing connections between people, movements and events. Like Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, St John's book introduces us to unknown heroes, committed geniuses and genuine revolutionaries. Beautifully written, with a genuinely international perspective on electronic dance music culture, Technomad is one of the best books on music I've read in some time." Professor Will Straw, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University Book description: A cultural history of global electronic dance music countercultures, Technomad explores the pleasurable and activist trajectories of post-rave culture. The book documents an emerging network of techno-tribes, exploring their pleasure principles and cultural politics. Attending to sound system culture, electro-humanitarianism, secret sonic societies, teknivals and other gatherings, intentional parties, revitalisation movements and counter-colonial interventions, Technomad investigates how the dance party has been harnessed for transgressive and progressive ends - for manifold freedoms. Seeking freedom from moral prohibitions and standards, pleasure in rebellion, refuge from sexual and gender prejudice, exile from oppression, rupturing aesthetic boundaries, re-enchanting the world, reclaiming space, fighting for "the right to party," and responding to a host of critical concerns, electronic dance music cultures are multivalent sites of resistance. Drawing on extensive ethnographic, netographic and documentary research, Technomad details the post-rave trajectory through various local sites and global scenes, with each chapter attending to unique developments in the techno counterculture: e.g. Spiral Tribe, teknivals, psytrance, Burning Man, Reclaim the Streets, Earthdream. The book offers an original, nuanced theory of resistance to assist understanding of these developments. This cultural history of hitherto uncharted territory will be of interest to students of cultural, performance, music, media, and new social movement studies, along with enthusiasts of dance culture and popular politics. Contents 1. Introduction: The Rave-olution? 2. Sound System Exodus: Tekno-Anarchy in the UK and Beyond 3. Secret Sonic Societies and Other Renegades of Sound 4. New Tribal Gathering: Vibe-Tribes and Mega-Raves 5. The Technoccult, Psytrance and the Millennium 6. Rebel Sounds and Dance Activism: Rave and the Carnival of Protest 7. Outback Vibes: Dancing Up Country 8. Hardcore, You Know the Score Available in paperback and hardback from Equinox: http://www.equinoxpub.com/books/showbook.asp?bkid=392 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Since returning I have started to DJ myself and also frequently attend rave type events mostly in the Los Angeles area, but also at Coachella in Palm Desert, California and in Ibiza, Spain. My interest has extended to relating the experiences to life and spirituality, which has led me here. After now finally discovering the type of resource I have been looking for, I can continue on with expericing these events with a deep understanding an perspective. I will be experiencing Tiesto in Los Angeles on Friday, and it will be awesome to have a new lense to look at it through. From my experiences, Los Angeles has a very discinct culture that has developed around its "raves." I hope that I will be able to contribute to the forum of discussion with insight from my perspective. My friends and I have also been planning recently to starting a movement of sorts to share our experiences, so I will be sure to send updates on that if it seems pertinent. I hope this message reaches everyone well and I look forward to receiving my copy of Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures soon and joinging the discussion on it. Have an awesome day. Scott -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: