22. September, 2009
Kan ein festival vere ”feil”? Slike spørsmål stilte eg meg etter å ha besøkt Ncome Museum i Sør Afrika under dansefestivalen 15 og 16 desember 2008. Er det rett å danse på åstaden for eit blodig slag?
7. July, 2009
Review of the Peter Doherty Concert
How can one define the concept of ‘crowd atmosphere’? What makes an event memorable, and how does atmosphere build up and change from one situation to another? ‘Atmosphere’ can be defined as a mood created by an event or as a disposition of a particular time. A group of people is gathered around their object of desire – their idol or hero, and at a festival these objects of passion are many, changing (the same) persons’ behavior from Devil worshipping, candle lighting, hip hopping, head banging or flag waving.
What is interesting about a music festival is how the moods and atmosphere of a crowd is build up, depending on the object adored in the moment. Atmosphere it is often – in psychology – put to use as a persons temperament, but what happens in a larger crowd with a number of persons involved? A music performance can fulfill or disappoint one’s expectations. But a crowd’s moods also bear witness of the fact that one can be taken - or thrown - by the moment. Mixed up with expectations that intensify the moment, the Peter Doherty concert at the Roskilde festival 2009 is a good example of how crowd atmosphere is co-creating an event into a great musical experience.
1. July, 2009
Norwegian Grand Prix (NGP) mangler frivillige vaktbåter og dermed står årets båtrace i fare for å måtte avlyses. I følge NGP mangler det enda rundt 20 vaktbåter og det tilbys gratis båtførerbevis og vekterkurs til frivillige som kan stille til arrangementet 17 juli. NGP, som de aller fleste festivalene her i landet, er helt avhengig av sine frivillige og viser hvor sårbare festivalene er i forhold til å engasjere og samle nok folk for å kjøre slike store arrangement. Agderforskning har tidligere sett hvor stor verdiskapning festivalene har i forhold til arbeidskraft gjennom frivillige arbeid:
22. June, 2009
The Party Perspective
Review: Roskilde (2008), a Documentary film, Barok Film, Director Ulrik Wivel
The documentary film Roskilde has a few music scenes. The film dwells on the absolute extraordinary concerts (for instance The Streets, Franz Ferdinand, Mew, Sonic Youth) performed at the Roskilde Festival within the last decade. But should a documentary on the Roskilde Festival be about music? Festival research shows that not all guests buy their ticket in order to attend concerts. In many ways a festival is also viewed as an extended life style event where the music works as atmosphere smoothing the socialising and partying. (more…)
Hovefestivalen har sammen med Canal Street og Norwegian Grand Prix engasjert Agderforskning til å utvikle og gjennomføre en ringvirkningsundersøkelse på de tre festivalene i Arendal. Bakgrunnen for å foreta en slik undersøkelse er at festivalene har en fornemmelse at det er vesentlige ringvirkninger for lokalmiljøet under festivalen, men dette er som oftest basert på egne inntrykk og noen få statistiske opplysninger. Det er viktig å få et mer konkret og pålitelig bilde av den effekten festivalene har (eller ikke har) på lokalmiljøet
19. June, 2009
What is it like to live and work in Kristiansand as a young professional? Is it easy to integrate? Does this town meet the expectations? Would you like to stay here? Why? Why not?
We, Egle and Will, are two students from Warwick University (UK), who came to Kristiansand for six weeks in the beginning of May in order to look for answers to these questions. Trying to experience to the fullest what Kristiansand has to offer and reflect upon it has been part of our internship at Agderforskining.
This ethnographic research is a contribution to Agderforskning’s wider project Professionalization of the creative industries in Kristiansand. Companies here know very little about their high competence employees and what they do after work - in their free time. The research project is looking into how the region can develop, using the creative industries, into a place where you can feel at home even if you were not born here.
15. May, 2009
Check out the new ‘I ♥ Kristiansand‘ website on Facebook. The group is for all those who love Kristiansand and want to be kept up-to-date with what’s going on, events, dates to remember, general news and festival information. Members can also post updates and their own news and secrets of what to do and see and where to go in Kristiansand.
Click here to visit group.
11. May, 2009
8. May, 2009
Various disciplines have touched upon festival studies in Croatia. However, the phenomenon has been approached in very different ways, and so far there has not been an attempt to combine these diverse points of view.
Norwegian festivals have gone through immense and swift changes over the last decade, thus research on festivals is as well an ongoing and changing process. Today there is a specific interest in postmodern festivals, and the researchers take part as agents in festivals themselves.
