Together Somehow: Place, Space, and Belonging

Music & Peacebuilding

Part one of the three-part series on Together, Somehow explores structures and politics of belonging, cultural tightness and looseness, and understandings of translocal culture. Looking specifically at nightlife and rave scene subculture, we look at how doors are managed and how individuals creates translocal bonds of belonging across different nightlife scenes. Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta is Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies at the University of Birmingham. His book, Together Somehow: Music Affect, and Intimacy on the Dancefloor is published by Duke University Press

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Chapter

1. Together Somehow: Place, Space, and Belonging (00:00:00)

2. Dancefloors as a Whole World (00:01:45)

3. Backgrounds (00:04:50)

4. Translocal Subculture (00:06:06)

5. Place, Space, and Belonging (00:08:58)

6. Migration, Tourism, and Alienation (00:10:29)

7. Door Apparatus (00:12:33)

8. Inconvenient Difference (00:17:18)

9. Filtering Difference, Performing Diversity (00:18:47)

10. Doors as Metaphors (00:21:36)

11. Performing to Belong (00:23:53)

12. Tight and Loose Cultures (00:27:19)

13. Dancefloors Tight and Loose (00:29:09)

14. Freedom, Cohesion, and Curations of Belonging (00:30:14)