Chapter 8

'What Tribe Do You Belong To?'
Immediate and Contested Community



Introduction

Part I. Communitas or Heterotopia?

Part II. Two 'Tribes'?

    Coming Home: the ConFest Family
    Going 'Tribal': the Village People
    *Tek Know Trance Dance
    The Organic Network and Nomadism
    Being Together: the ConFest Spirit(uality)

    Boundary Contests

      Counter-Community Under Threat

    Music Wars: the Battle of the 'Bands'

      Deterritorialisation: Slipping out of the Nets
      The Trouble with Techno(logy)
      The 'Tribal' Beat Goes On ... and On

Part III. Magic Happens: 'The Triumph of Community'

    *'The Bridge'
    *The Compromise

Conclusion



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