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This book brings together interdisciplinary research from the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, Archaeology, Art, History and Religious Studies, showing the necessity of a transdisciplinary and diachronic approach to examine the last half-century of modern arts and performance festivals. The volume focuses on new theoretical and methodological approaches for the examination of festivals and festival cultures, both the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert and burner culture in Europe. The editors argue that festival cultures are becoming values-inflected global forms of travel, dwelling, festivity, communication, and social organisation that are transforming contemporary cultures and have significant political capital. Maria Nita is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University, UK. Her research focuses on religion and environmentalism, with particular interest in artistic practices for sustainability, festivals, and the climate movement. Jeremy H. Kidwell is a Senior Lecturer in Theological Ethics at the University of Birmingham, UK. Kidwell is an interdisciplinary scholar, with a background in the humanities, particularly literature and music |
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Introduction Chapter 1Maria Nita The Naturalization of the Alternatives in 1970s Britain through a 2020 XR Lens Chapter 2Sharif GemieThe Case for A Free Festival (1969-74): Hippy Culture and Pop Festivals Chapter 3 István Povedák''Come, look and hear how the past has been and the future will be!' Festival culture and Neo-Nationalism in Hungary Chapter 4Botond Vitos, Graham St John and François GauthierBurning Man in Europe: Burns, Culture and TransformationChapter 5Zsófia Szonja Illés and Maria Nita Artistic Engagement and Engineering Cultural Innovation at Festivals Chapter 6Barbara Brayshay and Jacqui MulvilleFestivals: Monument Making, Mythologies and Memory Chapter 7Graham St John Sherpagate: Tourists and Cultural Drama at Burning ManChapter 8Leonore van den EndeFestival co-creation and transformation: The Case of Tribal Gathering in PanamaChapter 9Pau Obrador, Antoni Vives-Riera, and Marcel Pich-EsteveThe renewal of festive traditions in Mallorca: ludic empowerment and cultural transgressions |
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Art festivals.
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Arts and society.
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Art festivals
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Arts and society
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Electronic book
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Nita, Maria, editor.
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Kidwell, Jeremy, 1980- editor.
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9783030883928 |
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3030883922 |
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