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Dr Graham St John, Playa Pataphysicist
FromBurning Man LIVE
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
The vibe is real. Playa magic. Secret sauce. Atypical serendipity. Whatever you call it, it’s being studied by social scientists around the world and written about in the annals of academia. The vibe is real, but that doesn’t mean we must deny our Dada roots. We can yield a toilet plunger like a royal scepter. We can celebrate porta-loo beautification, and its absurd juxtaposition, as a legit art experience. We can invent a vibe-sensing device that has no sensors. Stuart Mangrum talks with Dr. Graham St John, cultural anthropologist, author of many books and academic articles about Burning Man culture, festival culture, EDM, psychedelics, and other scholarly adjacencies. Listen in and learn the true meaning of “efflorescence” and “ephemeropolis.”Burning Progeny ProjectWurst Storm Rising (Journal of Festive Studies)The Big Empty (aeon Magazine)dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music CultureBlack Rock Gazette, Sept 5, 1999Burning Man Phrase Generator, Javier F. BarreraLIVE@BURNINGMAN.ORGLIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG
Released:
Feb 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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