The lectures for this summer school course will focus on theoretical issues and selected case studies dedicated to the following concepts and
phenomena: affect theory, ethnography of body, dance, gender, and sexuality in EDM culture, ethnography of EDM
audiences and music scenes. Moreover, a substantial part of class-work will be dedicated to methodological
questions and the practicalities of fieldwork research as related to the ethnographic study of EDM scenes (nightlife
ethnography, ethnography of body, dance, gender, and sexuality, autoethnography, sensory ethnography, creative
ethnography). For the 2024 edition of this summer school, class content will be enriched with readings from
Garcia-Mispireta’s new monograph, Together Somehow: Music, Affect, and Intimacy on the Dancefloor (Duke
University Press, 2023), as a case study of ethnographic methods and cultural theory applied to EDM.
During the course of the summer school, the students will engage in class discussions as well as study and explore Prague’s EDM venues, scenes, and communities. They will be required to read one academic text per day (5 per course; some can be done in advance), conduct a mini ethnographic research of Prague EDM scenes, and submit a final portfolio of various ethnographic texts. Furthermore, summer school activities will not only include class discussions and methodology workshops, but also interviews with local EDM participants, field trips, and participant-observation at local EDM events (the latter will be attended mostly over the weekend of June 7, and June 8 2024). The summer school will be conducted in the week from June 3 to June 8. Syllabus for the class (with readings) will be added to this page in the beginning of April (and moodle page for the class will be opened at that same time).
Last update: Verbuč David, M.A., Ph.D. (27.02.2024)
