Connecting Through Dance: Understanding Conscious Clubbing Event Experiences

Hill, Kimberley M; Johansson, Mattias; Smith, Joanne; Brown, Kyle; Davies, Emma

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“…A vegan festival provides one avenue through which the above processes can be examined. Indeed, there is considerable research on collective gatherings that can attest to their positive outcomes for wellbeing, collective identity, and social action potential (Hill et al, 2022;. Collective events may also be prefigurative in nature; that is, they allow people to experience what a changed world might look like in real-time (Yates, 2015), and help empower people to bring that world about through political and collective actions (Baker, 2020).…”

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Overcoming (vegan) burnout: Mass-gatherings can provide respite and rekindle shared identity and social action efforts in moralised minority groups

Prosser¹,

O’Neill²,

Whitmarsh³

et al. 2023

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Minority actors can play an important role in social change processes, by refuting the majority social norm and modelling alternative pathways for society. However, acting in the minority can be difficult, and minority actors may encounter several obstacles on their path to social change. These obstacles might become so great that they experience ‘activist burnout’ and social isolation from their practices and may stop acting in pursuit of social change altogether. Here, we explore an event-based intervention that may encourage and help maintain minority-driven social change in the environmental context. Through on-site field interviews at an identity-centring event, we outline how ‘The Vegan Campout’, acts to validate and empower vegans to act in pursuit of social change. Our analysis demonstrates that the Vegan Campout functioned as a space where vegan identity, food and action was centred and celebrated. It was an important space for vegans to gain strength and ‘rekindle’ their vegan and activist identities and their activism efforts. Overall, these interviews show how attending an identity-centring event is an empowering experience for moralised minority groups working towards social change, which might protect their mental health, and bolster collective efficacy and motivation to engage in activism in the future.

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Overcoming (vegan) burnout: Mass-gatherings can provide respite and rekindle shared identity and social action efforts in moralised minority groups

Prosser¹,

O’Neill²,

Whitmarsh³

et al. 2023

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Transgender and non-binary people's experiences with alcohol reduction in the UK: A cross-sectional study

Connolly,

Thayne,

Bayliss

et al. 2024

Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment

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“It’s expected that students want to get drunk. that needs to change”: alcohol abstainer and light drinking university student experiences

Hill,

Mansbridge,

Watts

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PurposeAn increasing non-drinker population is developing, but much research focusses on alcohol misuse, rather than the experiences of those who abstain or consume little alcohol, particularly within student populations. This student co-constructed qualitative research aimed to understand alcohol abstainer and light drinking students’ university experiences and perceptions of university alcohol cultures, given recent trends in alcohol drinking behaviour.Design/methodology/approachTen UK undergraduate students (six males, four females; 21–26 years), five alcohol abstainers and five light alcohol drinkers (AUDIT-C), participated in semi-structured focus group interviews.FindingsThematic analysis of transcripts identified participants’ negative experiences of pre-university social pressures in navigating no or low alcohol drinking identities, which impacted university expectations. Participants perceived alcohol drinking cultures as remaining prevalent on university campuses and possibly used for profit and recruitment. Alcohol dominant university-sanctioned social events, alongside limited other provisions, impacted initial university transitions and belonging. However, students reported co-existing realities between such cultures and simultaneous peer acceptance of their no or low drinking status, finding similar others and long-term friendships not impacted. Due to this, student participants called for universities to take urgent action in changing pervasive university alcohol cultures, which they felt no longer aligned with changing student behaviours and perceptions.Originality/valueGuided by findings, we provide important implications for prevention work and future research, including the importance of social context interventions. We also highlight the value of student co-creation and external partnerships within such work.

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Connecting Through Dance: Understanding Conscious Clubbing Event Experiences

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Overcoming (vegan) burnout: Mass-gatherings can provide respite and rekindle shared identity and social action efforts in moralised minority groups

Overcoming (vegan) burnout: Mass-gatherings can provide respite and rekindle shared identity and social action efforts in moralised minority groups

Transgender and non-binary people's experiences with alcohol reduction in the UK: A cross-sectional study

“It’s expected that students want to get drunk. that needs to change”: alcohol abstainer and light drinking university student experiences

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