Call: Photos needed for electronic dance music book

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:43:02 +0200
From: Graham St John
Subject: [Dancecult-l] Images for Technomad
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Since Berghahn have agreed to reproduce 20 B&W photos in my
forthcoming book with them (Technomad: Global Raving
Countercultures), this is a call out for images. I'm looking for
photos appropriate to the vast territory covered - see the
description below. If you believe you may have a suitable selection
or know someone who might, please get in touch with me or pass this
message on to interested parties.

Photos reproduced in the book will need to be at least 300 dpi B&W
tiffs (with owners supplying an emailed permission). I'm negotiating
for image owners to get a free or discounted copy of the paperback.

Thanks

Graham


Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures.

A cultural history of global electronic dance music countercultures
forthcoming with Berghahn (2008), Technomad offers a broad yet
detailed exposition of the pleasurable and activist trajectories of
post-rave. The book documents the emergence of a network of
techno-tribes, investigating their pleasure principles and cultural
politics. Attending to sound system culture, electro-humanitarianism,
secret sonic societies, teknivals and other gatherings of the
techno-tribes, intentional parties, revitalisation movements and
counter-colonial interventions, Technomad explores 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, minimising harm, 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, netogaphic and documentary
research, Technomad details the post-rave trajectory through various
local sites and global scenes, with each chapter attending to
important developments in the techno counterculture: e.g. Spiral
Tribe, teknivals, psytrance, Burning Man, Reclaim the Streets.
Significantly, the book offers a nuanced theory of resistance to
assist understanding of these developments. Written in an accessible
style, 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.
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Call: Saskatoon Anarchist Book Fair seeks participants

The 2nd Annual Saskatoon Anarchist Book-Fair is coming, and we need vendors,
workshop facilitators, and volunteers!

The dates have been set as September 28th and 29t h, 2007 at the Cosmo
Senior Citizen's Centre off Broadway, with a potluck supper on Friday the
28th to welcome out-of-towners followed by a party with live music, and a
jam-packed day of book-fair from 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday the 29th. (No
fair on Sunday)

The event will be wheel-chair accessible and all ages, with free admission,
free vegan food, free workshops, and free child-care. Donations will be
accepted at the door to recoup expenses.

If you run a distro, store, collective, or other organization and would like
to register a table to distribute your anarchy-related wares, please try to
confirm with us before September 10th. Tables are free; however we
encourage donations from vendors that profit from the fair to help pay the
bills. If you are travelling from afar, let us know ASAP if you need a
billet (how many people, any allergies, any lifestyle or bedding
preferences) and feel free to ask us about travel subsidies. Also, please
let us know approximately how much table space (square metres) you would
like. Interested parties ask us about adding a non-compulsory $1 Tree Tax
to prices of print materials that we will donate to an appropriate
conservation or reforestation organization (to be determined – any
suggestions?) after the fair.

If you want to lead a free workshop, please get in touch! We are especially
looking for creative and unusual workshop ideas that build community, share
useful skills, are inclusive, and that deal with any of the following:
aboriginal justice, food, community organizing, consensus facilitation,
queer/LGBT issues, feminism, age-ism, social justice, class struggle,
pacifism, armed resistance, permaculture, alternative energy, reducing
consumption, green technology, mental health, science, spirituality,
history/herstory, anarchy in practice/anarchy defined, political theory,
media, language, etc. We can supply electrical outlets,
white-boards/flip-charts, chairs, tables, pens/paper, and quiet space – let
us know what you need. The workshop schedule will be finalized in
September, but let us know right away about any scheduling constraints on
the 29th. Deadline for workshop submissions: September 10th.

If you want to volunteer a couple hours to help out before or during this
fun and busy day, we need you! Let us know before-hand what you enjoy most:
childcare, cooking, cleaning, set-up, take-down, transporting items by bike
or car, planning, or promotion, OR just show up on the day and ask someone
what needs to be done. All contributing efforts are highly valued, and we
encourage drop-in visitors to take a shift washing dishes, sweeping, or
moving tables to lighten the workload for everyone.

More info, including a car-pool registry, coming soon at
saskatoonanarchy.blogspot.com .

Love and solidarity,
The bookfair team