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SUMMARY:Afterparties: unspectacular spaces of club and drug use?
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DESCRIPTION:Research on dance music cultures and drug use remains a vibra
 nt scholarly enterprise as we near three decades of raving/clubbing. Con
 temporary dance culture ‘scenes’ rest chiefly upon mutual passion for (a
 nd sometimes disdain towards) a multitude of globalised yet highly local
 ised dance music genres and related styles. So what unites seemingly dis
 parate dance clubbers? Participants in dance music scenes have higher ra
 tes of drug trying and ‘regular’ drug use than their non-clubbing and no
 n-dance clubbing peers. Whilst MDMA (Ecstasy\, MD) remains most UK dance
  clubbers’ drug of choice\, ‘polydrug' and 'polysubstance repertoires’ a
 re also the norm. Given this association with ‘recreational’ drug use an
 d the disruptive tendencies of raving/clubbing (visibility\, time-bendin
 g\, illegality\, illicit pleasure\, riskiness)\, dance cultures' ‘specta
 cular spaces’ have perhaps rightly attracted most scholarly\, media\, an
 d policing and harm reduction attention\, notably around stimulants and 
 novel psychoactive substances (NPS)\, commercial dance events\, and fest
 ivals. However\, we know less about what happens when the clubs (and oth
 er dance spaces) shut to shouts of “one more tune!”. As home time looms\
 , the question “So\, is there afters?” emerges and so 'The Afterparty' o
 r afterparties are born. Such as it is now so it has always been\, and s
 o afterparties are steeped in pop cultural histories too. What 'is' an a
 fterparty? and how have they been represented. I turn to recent innovati
 ve work from a new generation of dance researchers who have all in some 
 exciting way sought to explore what happens after. I suggest that afterp
 arties constitute a neglected and under-theorised aspect of dance music 
 club culture research and invite greater scrutiny of post-club spaces an
 d times\, including practices (on drugs) which may bring closer but also
  divide afterparty-goers. I open discussion on the possibilities for sol
 e or multidisciplinary multimethod research on afterparties and specific
 ally alcohol\, drug and NPS use. Work on afterparties might also explore
  other issues such as intimacy\, love and friendship\; and for some\, pa
 in\, loss and sorrow.
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LOCATION:6.206\, University Place\, Manchester
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