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Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations

Wondra, Jakob LU (2023) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20231
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. I combine prefiguration and the three spheres of transformation in a framework to investigate the role of music and art festivals to prefigure sustainable futures in the personal, political, and practical spheres. To this end, I conducted qualitative interviews with 12 festival organizers and analyzed these using qualitative data analysis. Results indicate that festivals can contribute to a sustainability transformation as... (More)
There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. I combine prefiguration and the three spheres of transformation in a framework to investigate the role of music and art festivals to prefigure sustainable futures in the personal, political, and practical spheres. To this end, I conducted qualitative interviews with 12 festival organizers and analyzed these using qualitative data analysis. Results indicate that festivals can contribute to a sustainability transformation as prefigurative spaces to create communities, convey a positive societal vision and promote intrinsic values. In addition to providing possibilities for personal transformation and experiential learning, they can be spaces for innovation and build new social norms and organizational structures. (Less)
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author
Wondra, Jakob LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
festivals, prefiguration, three spheres of transformation, sustainability science, leverage points, culture and sustainability
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2023:038
language
English
id
9125565
date added to LUP
2023-06-20 16:07:25
date last changed
2023-06-20 16:07:25
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  abstract     = {{There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. I combine prefiguration and the three spheres of transformation in a framework to investigate the role of music and art festivals to prefigure sustainable futures in the personal, political, and practical spheres. To this end, I conducted qualitative interviews with 12 festival organizers and analyzed these using qualitative data analysis. Results indicate that festivals can contribute to a sustainability transformation as prefigurative spaces to create communities, convey a positive societal vision and promote intrinsic values. In addition to providing possibilities for personal transformation and experiential learning, they can be spaces for innovation and build new social norms and organizational structures.}},
  author       = {{Wondra, Jakob}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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