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Published · transcript-backedAshley Mears: observation
3 Jun 2020 Conversations with Tyler Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty
“Having really loud music that has a beat where everybody just does the same thing, which is nod to the beat — that helps to tune people into one another, and it helps build up a vibe and a kind of energy, so the point is to lose yourself in the music in these spaces.”
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- Ashley Mears
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- 3 Jun 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…I find the music too loud in McDonald’s, right? Clubs are also in this business of trying to manufacture and experience what Emile Durkheim would call this collective effervescence, like losing yourself in the moment. And that’s really possible when you’re able to tune out the other things, like if somebody is feeling insecure about the way they dance or if somebody is not sure of what to say. Having really loud music that has a beat where everybody just does the same thing, which is nod to the beat — that helps to tune people into one another, and it helps build up a vibe and a kind of energy, so the point is to lose yourself in the music in these spaces. Putting aside your research interests, how much fun was it for you to be in these clubs?…
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