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The ‘lonely raver’

Music livestreams during Covid-19 as a hotline to collective consciousness

Bibliographic Data

ID12657997
AuthorsF Vandenberg (0000-0002-0425-744X, Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Michaël Berghman (0000-0002-7755-3135, Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Julian Schaap (0000-0002-3656-4225, Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Year2020
Volume23
Issuesup1
PagesS141-S152
Publication date2020-09-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Societies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-6696 • E-ISSN: 1469-8307
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14616696.2020.1818271
OpenAlexW3086096427
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited26

This paper offers an explorative analysis of the online social practices of \nlivestreamed concerts as one of the most popular cultural outlets during the \nCOVID-19 imposed ‘lockdown’ in Europe. Ritual theory is used to investigate \nthe potential of these virtual concerts in generating a collective \nconsciousness, and the related feelings of social solidarity and resilience, \nspecifically important in times of physical isolation. Through a thematic \ncontent analysis of the comments (n = 1501) posted during livestreamed \ntechno concerts in the Netherlands, we find that both old and new ritual \nactions are used to form online communities. While these ritual activities mark \nparticipation and remind members of a previous collective feeling, the \nomission of visceral elements of a physical audience hampers the \nestablishment of a renewed sense of social solidarity

Collective unconscious · Consciousness · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Feeling · Hotline · Media studies · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Thematic analysis · Music History and Culture · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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