Psichodelinio transo subkultūros raiška Lietuvoje

• Main Author: Matijošius, Tomas
• Other Authors: Ališauskienė, Milda
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: Institutional Repository of Vytautas Magnus University 2018
• Subjects: trance; psychedelic; subculture; music; drugs; Tundra
• Online Access: http://vdu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/2019945.pdf; http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAETD2019945&prefLang=en_US

The purpose of this master thesis is to analyse how psy trance subculture in Lithuania is expressed and embodied. By combining theoretical and empirical analyzes, it is intended to expose how trip and vibe are experienced, how tranzers are constructing their attitude and behaviour towards mass culture and each other. The experiences are analysed through the concepts of ritual and religion based on insights made by Durkheim and Turner. Firstly, it is aimed to present the complexity of psy trance subculture. So in the theoretical part the paper focuses on literature which is analysing aspects of psy trance subculture through the concepts of ritual, liminality and communitas. Secondly, the methodology and ethical issues are presented concerning the qualitative research which was done in 2010, June 25 – July 7, 2011 July 1-12 while attending the Lithuanian psy trance festival “Tundra” and “Yaga” festival, which was in 2011, the end of July. In the third part, which covers analyses of empirical data, the collective actions and individual experiences are examined. The thesis argues that tranzers are experiencing trip on an individual level, but that is a needed ingredient to experience the collective vibe and that is directly related to the aim to reach the trance. Moreover, while combining individual and collective involvements the spontaneous communitas is formed, and which is stimulated during fest by bright decorations, lights, music, drugs and meditation practices. All these performances, according to tranzers, should be experienced among the “right” people in the appropriate place, because all of that creates the possibility to manage to reincorporate the brightest experiences from the liminality world into their daily life. Finally, the thesis explores the subtle relationship between tranzers and mass culture. However this tension is not clearly articulated because it is not expressing “against” position, but rather is understood as “freedom from” capitalistic traps.