From ancient Rome to modern times, pelting has been a performance of crowd defiance in all its joyous, furious and lawbreaking glory.
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Investigations are being conducted to figure out what led to the death of eight people during a crowd surge at Travis Scott’s show.
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Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Professeur agrégé de management stratégique, Université de Sherbrooke
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Professeur en management stratégique et théorie des organisations, HEC Montréal
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
