The synchronisation involved in music and dance may be the “active ingredient” in their social bonding effects.
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Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
SEVENTEEN’s performance will mark a major milestone in Korea’s decade’s long strategy to take Korean popular culture to the world.
Cancellations of Australian music festivals, such as the abrupt end to Pitch Music Festival due to extreme heat, have become all too familiar.
Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
Taking MDMA can raise our body temperature higher than it should be. Extreme heat may compound this effect.
New research shows that not only is the use of drug detection dogs ineffective, it may in fact increase the risk of drug-related harm.
As we seek to reconnect after several summers without large, in-person gatherings, we reflect on the significant and often transformational role that music festivals play in our communities.
The climate crisis will necessitate change to business-as-usual approaches to the arts.
The non-stop four-day dance party is always controversial – this year because of threats of terrorist attacks.
Women not free to enjoy festivals in the same way as men.
Every year, tens of thousands travel to art events throughout Tasmania. These unique festival landscapes change the way we experience the world – and ourselves.
Requiring adult supervision for 16 and 17 year olds is undermining health and community, and a huge overreach from police.
Investigations are being conducted to figure out what led to the death of eight people during a crowd surge at Travis Scott’s show.
The Drug and Substance Checking Bill currently moving through parliament marks another milestone in New Zealand’s shift away from criminalisation and towards harm reduction.
Your guide to what is going to become of the great British summer bonanza.
Urban planning and cultural policies often neglect electronic dance music. Now the pandemic is forcing the EDM world to come up with new strategies to survive.
Toy pianos typically have a range of 12-36 keys, roughly one quarter the range of a full piano. But they are used by composers and music makers to write everything from concertos to pop songs.
Live music venues must be helped to survive the COVID-19 era.
With regular music festivals, people can more easily seek help or advice about drug and alcohol or mental health issues. But with drive-ins we need to be creative to minimise harms.
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Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor in Criminology and Drug Policy, Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social Equity Research Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney
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Dean, Boston Conservatory
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Associate, University of Manchester
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Professor, Music and Sound, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Criminology, Western Sydney University
