Phd in Dance Culture

Thanks for a really interesting message. Its good to know that there are people out there with the time to read and the ears to hear.

I would really like to keep in touch with you. I used to be active in trying to stir things up a little, but have recently taken a back (academic) seat. I am currently researching a phd on dance culture and oppositional politics, and am also working on a cd-rom on the free parties (with harry from diy, who you might have come across through your involvement with All Systems Go (about which i know little, as i have only recently made the Notts connection)).

I hope that this will have some postive, practical repercussions, and i also aim to link my work up with people such as Celebrate! who are actively trying to work on these issues (although they’re a little too cosy with the home office for my liking).

I would welcome a bit of a longer perspective on such struggles, and so would like to hear more about what you know about eralier festivals. I knew many people who were at Stonehenge that year, and do know people involved in the traveller scene, but my real experience comes from dance culture, and i could do with broadening my horizons.

Drew Hemment – Lancaster University