Call: Papers wanted for "Uncertain Vibes: Tension, Contrast and Change in Electronic Dance Music"

Session:
Uncertain Vibes: Tension, Contrast and Change in Electronic Dance Music
Cultures

>From house to techno, dubstep to psytrance, electronic dance music
cultures (EDMC) are contexts for popular ekstasis and the carnivalesque
flourishing in social dance movements possessing unprecedented
popularity. With inheritance from Jamaican dancehall and sound system
traditions, New York disco and house Dionysia, Detroit techno and
Afrofuturism, UK rave and the ?chemical generation?, Goa trance and
psychedelia, etc, EDMCs are sites humming with diverse social,
stylistic, and technical influences. At the same time, EDMCs are highly
contested, with adversaries committed to repressive policies and
regulatory practices, or political mobilizations and adaptive moves to
maintain the vibe. As a result of this traffic and buzz (including that
generated by police helicopters), EDM genres are hives of contrast,
tension, and indeterminacy. Are aesthetic contrasts and social
contradictions resolved in the mix? What are the outcomes of tension
between adversaries? Are new dance musics and youth cultures emerging
from these dramas? If so, what do they look and sound like? Papers will
address these and related themes.

The official deadline for abstracts (150 words max) is Nov 30 2007.
Please post proposals to me (Graham St John) at
g.stjohn@uq.edu.au

The conference details at: http://www.crossroads2008.org/

Thanks

Graham St John

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: Harvest Festival seeks volunteers

hi guys,

Harvest festival really needs volunteers to help up on site for this Wednesday Aug. 29th to Friday Aug. 31st and as well other days mid week in the weeks leading to the gathering September 22nd.

These are enjoyable times away from the city camping under the stars with good people.

Dave and Justin both have mini vans so we can drive you up. all you need is your camping gear.

If your able and interested please respond to:
volunteer@harvestfestival.org


thanks for your consideration.


justin, lana, dave and irving
Harvest festival 2007

www.harvestfestival.org

Callout: OM Festival looking for help with their annual festival

Hello Everyone!
Happy 2007!

It has been over 6 months since In:tent, and although the frost of
winter is still upon us, the days are lengthening with a gradual
solar sweetness, and we are happily reminded that the time has come
once again to begin planning this years gathering!

At this early stage of the game, we are calling out to you, our
greater and extended community, to help us with some of the most
difficult issues.


LAND

Each year finding a suitable site for the gathering is a difficult
task -- probably the most difficult. This year we want to take an
early opportunity to call out to our community and extended networks
for assistance in the hunt. YOU are part of this endeavor and we hope
you will take this responsibility seriously!

We prefer sites that are 70 or more acres, where we can all make a
great deal of noise! Crown land is the ideal neighbor, but bordering
welcoming, tolerant, or at least extremely well buffered neighbors,
could also be suitable.

Other considerations include swimming and drinking water--ideally on
site--but we are open to alternate solutions. The festival will run
from June 18th to June 24th 2007 with a few days on either end for
set up and tear down.

Our shout-out to you is a Serious Request -- Please ask your families
and extended social networks; if you meet people in bars/etc. who
mention that they own seemingly suitable land, get their phone number
and pass it this way! land@omreunionproject.org


COORDINATORS

Each year the festival is organized by a small group of committed and
industrious community members who are willing to invest their time on
a regular basis. These volunteers work individually, as well as in
groups, before, during, and after the gathering has ended.

Many of the people who have done these roles in past years are
planning to do somewhat less this year, but still be available as
mentors with helpful advice on what did and didn't work before.

Signing up to be a coordinator means you want to take a leadership
role in how the festival is planned and run. You will share
responsibility and accountability for all aspects of your chosen are
a(s) which can demand a fair amount of time. In return you'll get to
work with a bunch of crazy ORPies to help create one of the best
weeks of the year.

Sound like a lot of work? Sound like a lot of fun?

If so, please email us and let us know which areas you are interested
in. We will be having a kick-off meeting in the next few weeks and
you'll want to be there.

Here's the breakdown:

Site / land / logistics / transportation

Organization / admin / finance / gate / memberships

Entertainment programming / sound / design / build

Communications / website / membership / promotions

Edutainment / theme camps / workshops / CALM (Centre for
Alternative Living Medicine)

Health and safety / first aid / mental health

kitchen

As a side note, while we encourage you to begin planning your Theme
Camps, Art Installations, Workshops, volunteering, etc., please don't
respond to this email with those ideas. Their time will come soon,
once all the festival coordination is in place. In the meantime
please feel free to use the OMMB forums to discuss your solstice
plans with the rest of the community: http://www.omfestival.com/ommb

Thanks and look forward to working with you soon!

O R P :)