This thesis draws upon an interdisciplinary approach characteristic of a performance perspective to examine the ways in which performances of identity and belonging are constituted through social dance, play and the engagement of city space. The study is based upon detailed observational and participatory data gathered over the course of one year (2005-2006) while attending indie dance parties within the urban centre of East Vancouver. The research follows the movement of Vancouver's artist-identified youth who strive to create something outside of the 'big-business' dance clubs that occupy the city of Vancouver's appointed entertainment district, weaving together an alternate, complex and mobile portrait of the city in play. The thesis begins with the concept of the mainstream and argues that though the concept manifests sometimes as an ambiguous construct that indie youth define themselves against, the mainstream is much more than an imaginary entity. The mainstream is both material and geographical while the relationship between dominant culture and some youth subcultures are mutually dependent. The concept of social space features prominently within the thesis; interviewees constitute themselves in relation to what it means to be 'in' and 'of' East Vancouver, revealing their identities as closely tied to place and also to social class. Identities are not only acquired negatively (in opposition), but are also positively acquired, through constitutive practices. Noting that social class is materially based, I argue that it is also both performed and performative, as a persistent mode of distinction within the indie scene. These complexities of performance are approached through the rubric of social dancing, a playful yet grounded practice that is productive precisely because it enables analyses that are at the same time social, spatial and embodied. Indie dance events offer the opportunity to connect participants to place (East Vancouver) and through body movement (dancing) to reaffirm membership in this group.

This thesis draws upon an interdisciplinary approach characteristic of a performance perspective to examine the ways in which performances of identity and belonging are constituted through social dance, play and the engagement of city space. The study is based upon detailed observational and participatory data gathered over the course of one year (2005-2006) while attending indie dance parties within the urban centre of East Vancouver. The research follows the movement of Vancouver's artist-identified youth who strive to create something outside of the 'big-business' dance clubs that occupy the city of Vancouver's appointed entertainment district, weaving together an alternate, complex and mobile portrait of the city in play. The thesis begins with the concept of the mainstream and argues that though the concept manifests sometimes as an ambiguous construct that indie youth define themselves against, the mainstream is much more than an imaginary entity. The mainstream is both material and geographical while the relationship between dominant culture and some youth subcultures are mutually dependent. The concept of social space features prominently within the thesis; interviewees constitute themselves in relation to what it means to be 'in' and 'of' East Vancouver, revealing their identities as closely tied to place and also to social class. Identities are not only acquired negatively (in opposition), but are also positively acquired, through constitutive practices. Noting that social class is materially based, I argue that it is also both performed and performative, as a persistent mode of distinction within the indie scene. These complexities of performance are approached through the rubric of social dancing, a playful yet grounded practice that is productive precisely because it enables analyses that are at the same time social, spatial and embodied. Indie dance events offer the opportunity to connect participants to place (East Vancouver) and through body movement (dancing) to reaffirm membership in this group.

This thesis draws upon an interdisciplinary approach characteristic of a performance perspective to examine the ways in which performances of identity and belonging are constituted through social dance, play and the engagement of city space. The study is based upon detailed observational and participatory data gathered over the course of one year (2005-2006) while attending indie dance parties within the urban centre of East Vancouver. The research follows the movement of Vancouver's artist-identified youth who strive to create something outside of the 'big-business' dance clubs that occupy the city of Vancouver's appointed entertainment district, weaving together an alternate, complex and mobile portrait of the city in play. The thesis begins with the concept of the mainstream and argues that though the concept manifests sometimes as an ambiguous construct that indie youth define themselves against, the mainstream is much more than an imaginary entity. The mainstream is both material and geographical while the relationship between dominant culture and some youth subcultures are mutually dependent. The concept of social space features prominently within the thesis; interviewees constitute themselves in relation to what it means to be 'in' and 'of' East Vancouver, revealing their identities as closely tied to place and also to social class. Identities are not only acquired negatively (in opposition), but are also positively acquired, through constitutive practices. Noting that social class is materially based, I argue that it is also both performed and performative, as a persistent mode of distinction within the indie scene. These complexities of performance are approached through the rubric of social dancing, a playful yet grounded practice that is productive precisely because it enables analyses that are at the same time social, spatial and embodied. Indie dance events offer the opportunity to connect participants to place (East Vancouver) and through body movement (dancing) to reaffirm membership in this group. / Arts, Faculty of / Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Institute for / Graduate

Researchers have found that negative sexual experiences occur in nightlife settings, and have sought to identify the drivers of these experiences as well as preventive solutions. This body of inquiry overwhelmingly focuses on the experiences and needs of young women who are assumed to be cisgender and heterosexual, and does not consider potentially differing needs of gender and sexuality minorities. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to include gender and sexuality minority voices in this conversation and surface identity-specific experiences, needs, and ideas for how to support sexual safety in nightlife contexts. Data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 40 gender and sexuality minorities who went out in New York City nightlife an average of at least once per week. Through reflexive thematic analysis, a three-part Continuum of Sexual Safety in Nightlife was developed: (a) as long as bad things don’t happen, (b) consent is mandatory, and (c) I’m being myself and you are too. Ideas for how nightlife operators could alter their establishments to improve feelings of sexual safety for gender and sexuality minority patrons were identified across physical venues, policies, and staff hiring and training. Implications of the findings are discussed. Future studies should extend this preliminary research to better understand the needs and experiences of gender and sexuality minority nightlife patrons and evaluate the economic case for implementing these suggestions in nightlife settings.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2010. / Principal faculty advisor: . Includes bibliographical references.

Il contributo presenta l'esito di un percorso di ricerca volto alla comprensione delle modalità di consumo di alcolici da parte dei giovani adulti nei contesti del divertimento notturno (bar, pub, discoteche, feste private, ecc.) e mira a fornire indicazioni teoriche, metodologiche ed applicative per interventi partecipati di promozione delle salute e la riduzione dei rischi alcol-correlati nelle comunità locali. Il lavoro si apre con uno studio Grounded Theory che offre un modello processuale di comprensione delle dinamiche del bere dei giovani nei diversi contesti del divertimento notturno, tenendo conto delle specifiche culturali del nostro Paese. Prosegue poi con uno studio di analisi del contesto della città di Milano in merito ai rischi alcol-correlati, che ha indicato la priorità, a livello locale, negli interventi relativi all'insieme di rischi e conseguenze che si concretizzano nelle aree urbane che presentano elevate concentrazioni di locali notturni, i nightlife districts. Il lavoro si chiude con la presentazione di una ricerca-intervento mixed-method in uno di questi quartieri, che ha visto il coinvolgimento, in tutte le fasi, dei membri della comunità e ha consentito di conoscere in modo approfondito la realtà presa in esame e offrire indicazioni di intervento per la riduzione dei rischi per i giovani e delle conseguenze alcol-correlate per gli abitanti. / The dissertation contributes to the understanding of the issue of alcohol use and abuse among young people in nightlife settings (e.g., bars, clubs, and private parties). It describes the effectiveness of participatory research approaches in studying and addressing the phenomenon in areas with a high concentration of drinking venues (nightlife entertainment districts). The Grounded Theory research (study 1) on young adults' drinking patterns in nightlife settings showed changes in the meanings, processes, and representations of alcohol across settings and their effect on drinking patterns. The results of the context analysis of the city of Milan (Italy) (study 2) indicated specific alcohol related issues in the local context, in particular the wide range of alcohol-related risks and consequences for both youngsters and residents in the four nightlife entertainment districts of the city. The last study is a multiphase mixed methods participatory research conducted in a nightlife district. Multiple methods (interviews, a community survey, ethnography) integration was part of the participatory process in which community members collaborated during different phases of research. The study resulted in indications for intervention to reduce alcohol-related negative consequences for youths and nightlife districts’ residents, and in theoretical and methodological considerations for the future research.

Cette thèse porte sur les espaces de la vie nocturne à Beyrouth, entendue comme l’espace physique des bars et des boîtes de nuit et comme un ensemble de pratiques et de sociabilités qui lui sont associées (notamment autour de l’alcool, de la danse, de la musique), regroupant diverses catégories d’acteurs chargés de sa production et de sa régulation. Tout en privilégiant une étude décentrée des concepts, je m’inscris dans le champ récent qui intègre la nuit à la réflexion géographique. Je privilégie l’analyse des usages ludiques de Beyrouth la nuit ainsi que leur portée sociale et politique dans le contexte libanais. J’articule donc les problématiques nocturnes au prisme du post-conflit, qui permet de définir une situation dans laquelle les héritages de différentes périodes de guerre sont encore visibles et opérantes tout en se mêlant à d’autres processus plus récents. Le rapport entre vie nocturne et ville post-conflit est à double sens : la situation post-conflictuelle conditionne l’offre, les pratiques et les représentations attachées aux loisirs de nuit qui en retour constituent le lieu d’inscription des héritages, des incertitudes et des possibles de la jeunesse noctambule. Cette recherche s’appuie sur une enquête qualitative mêlant entretiens formels et observation directe. La vie nocturne de Beyrouth y est appréhendée à travers trois lectures de l’espace : l’espace physique et urbain investi par les établissements et les individus, l’espace social des relations entre acteurs, l’espace politique et critique des revendications et des transgressions. Ces trois niveaux de compréhension mobilisent tout en les spatialisant les notions de champ (pour désigner les acteurs chargés de la production de la vie nocturne), de monde (pour désigner les noctambules) et d’ethos (pour désigner l’ensemble des principes et des valeurs qui orientent les comportements. / This PhD thesis deals with Beirut’s nightscape and nightlife. These are narrowly defined as the spaces occupied by bars, pubs, and nightclubs as well as a range of practices and sociabilities ascribed to them. They bring a range of stakeholders concerned by the production and the regulation of nightlife together. In this research, I adopt a decentered point of view and subscribe to the recent field including the night into geographical studies. I focus on an analysis of the recreational uses of Beirut’s nightscape through the lens of Lebanon’s post-conflict situation, including moral, social and political challenges. This framework takes into account problematics linked to the night in the light of the post-conflict situation, which allows me to define a situation in which dynamics inherited from different war times are still present, merging with new practices and processes. The two-way relationship between nightlife and the post-conflict city means that the post-conflict situation shapes the offer, behaviors and representations. In return, Beirut’s nightscape is a scene where legacies, uncertainties and possibilities can be expressed and read. This study is based on qualitative research combining field observations and interviews. Beirut’s nightlife is analyzed through three approaches to the concept of space. First, the urban space made up of nightlife venues; second, the social space of relationships between stakeholders ; and third, the political space of claims and transgressions. These three levels are considered through the key concepts of field, world and ethos in both social and spatial terms.

Despite the fact that the prevalence of drug use in nightlife setngs is signifcantly higher than in the general populaton (EMCDDA, 2015), addictology services in these felds are not a priority in the Czech Republic - nor are they a conceptual and stable aspect of addicton care. The status of these programs is therefore usually fuctuatng and currently not well mapped. The aims of this research were: to describe the current situaton of addictology services within nightlife setngs in the Czech Republic; obtain basic data on the programs that currently operate in this context; describe provided interventons and their scope of reach; and provide an elementary overview of the nature of services and their limits or barriers of the further development. As a method of data collecton, a questonnaire was used among programs operatng in and around entertainment, as well as low-threshold programs in the Czech Republic. The study was conducted using the Computer-Assisted-Web-Interview (CAWI) method. The results show that there are 16 programs currently operatng within nightlife setngs. Most of them are primarily low-threshold harm reducton services for actve drug users. Actvites in this area are offered only sporadically and not prioritzed, which results in limited effectveness and obstacles to further...

Post-industrial economic restructuring in developed countries has downgraded the role of blue-collar labour in regional growth, giving way, conversely, to occupations that demand high concentrations of human capital. Human capital has been documented to positively affect regional growth and income, signifying an urban planning shift towards amenities provision, as a human capital attraction tool. An emerging, highly-valued amenity in the post-industrial society is nightlife. Following Florida’s reasoning on the rising salience of the creative class, this paper investigates the hypothesis that nightlife attracts high human capital or skilled individuals. It focuses on the paradigm of Greece, using data acquired by the Greek statistics agency and, to a lesser extent, the Greek yellow pages. It employs two measures, the human capital one –calculated as the percentage of the population holding a bachelor degree and above- and an approximation of Florida’s creative class measure –occupational categorization according to job complexity. Bivariate correlations are applied to account for human capital attracting factors and structural equation modelling to assess nightlife’s impact on the two measures and respectively, on regional growth.

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