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    The ecology of “sacred space”: Indie music’s exploration and construction of sacred space in the context of contemporary digital music

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    Authors
    Glitsos, Laura
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Glitsos, L. 2014. The ecology of “sacred space”: Indie music’s exploration and construction of sacred space in the context of contemporary digital music, in O’Regan, J. and Wren, T. (eds), Communities, Places, Ecologies: Proceedings of the 2013 IASPM-ANZ Conference, pp. 138-146. Brisbane: International Association for the Study of Popular Music.
    Source Title
    Communities, Places, Ecologies: Proceedings of the 2013 IASPM-ANZ Conference
    Source Conference
    Communities, Places, Ecologies: Proceedings of the 2013 IASPM-ANZ Conference
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    https://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;isbn=9780975774779;res=IELNZC
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    9780975774779
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60863
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In this paper I will trace an emerging theme in contemporary indie music centred on the ecology of the ‘sacred space’ within the Ayahuasca ritual, where artists explore and construct traditional notions of place and community. I argue that indie music’s preoccupation with constructing the ecology of sacred space, based on traditional narratives, is a result of the tension emerging from the rise of the digitisation in the context of late-stage capitalism. The virtual space, in some ways, but perhaps not all, is discursively constructed by indie music texts as a profane space, in opposition to the natural, tangible setting of the Ayahuasca ritual. I suggest this may reflect a sense of anxiety toward postmodernity and the virtual age within this demographical musical community.

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