Identity, place and values. On construction and internalization of festival normalities on the examples of music festivals in Poland

Szymkiewicz, Aleksy

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Identity, place and values. On construction and internalization of festival normalities on the examples of music festivals in Poland Szymkiewicz, Aleksy

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Identity, place and values. On construction and internalization of festival normalities on the examples of music festivals in Poland

Tożsamość, miejsce i wartości. O konstruowaniu i internalizacji festiwalowych normalności na przykładzie festiwali muzycznych w Polsce ; Journal of Urban Ethnology 19 (2021)

Szymkiewicz, Aleksy

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

festivals ; identity ; life styles ; reproduction of place ; axio-normativity

The aim of this paper is to compare of how two different festivals stimulate specific norms and perceptions, and therefore to present the way in which the visions of the festival cities are reproduced by the festival audience based on the axio-normative orders contained in the missions of the events. Based on the shared symbols and life strategies promoted by festivals, participants (re)build their identity which they manifest in chosen cultural practices. The article attempt to answer the following question: what is shared by festival-goers? Are the main motivations for participating in the vent due to shared musical tastes or also specific values and lifestyles, and consequently a common identity? It has been shown that the values promoted during festivals are declared by their organizers – they are present in the visual identification, seminars, workshops, etc. Festivals create their narratives based on symbols such as logos, attitude smartphones, or festival slogans which contain condensed axio-normative systems that create the boundaries of the community. It influences the behavior of festival goers: the city’s vision, ways of spending free time, and their identity. The places where the fieldwork was conducted were: “Henryk Rasiewicz National Festival of Unbreakable and Independent Songs in Kraków”, “Ostróda Reggae Festiva” in Ostróda, and the “Song of Our Roots Festival” in Jarosław

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