Project description
Rave ecstasis and the queering of identities
Ecstatic states in raves and their impact on identity transformation are a significant and timely research topic in the social sciences and humanities across Europe. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the RavEcs project will examine the political aspects of ecstatic rave experiences, focusing on de- and re-subjectivation and their effects on gender identity. It will gather qualitative data and analyse how these experiences relate to identity transformation using queer theory. The research will investigate how ravers connect ecstatic experiences to shifts in identity and navigate the political tensions between integration and resistance to societal norms. Additionally, it will develop a framework that integrates empirical findings with queer and critical theory.
Objective
Ecstatic states in the context of raves, and particularly their implications for identity transformation, represent a complex and timely research topic for the social sciences and humanities in Europe. The RavEcs project will conduct an empirical research into the political dimension of ecstatic rave experiences, understood as processes of de- and re-subjectivation, with a particular emphasis on their impact on gender identity. To this end, the research will articulate three key stages: 1) The collection of qualitative data on these experiences and their links to identity re-signification (WP1 & OE1); 2) An analysis of their political ambivalences, enabled by Queer Theory (WP2 & OE2); and finally, 3) The elaboration of an interdisciplinary theoretical framework in dialogue with current debates within Critical Theory (WP3 & OE3). This research will be carried out at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), involving its departments of sociology and philosophy, and will feature a secondment at the Institute for Queer Theory (iQt) in Berlin.
Objetives:
1. To identify and analyze how ravers link ecstatic experiences with processes of re-signifying their identities (WP1).
2. To recognize political tensions of post-ecstasy re-subjectivation processes, analyzing how ravers negotiate their identities between everyday practices of integration and forms of resistance to normativity (WP1, WP2)
3. To construct an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that synthesizes empirical findings with Queer and Critical Theory, offering a new analytical tool for understanding identity transformations within aesthetic experiences (WP3).
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