Technomad

Graham St John is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Media Production and Studies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, a Research Associate at the University of Queensland's Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, and was recently an SAR/SSRC Residential Fellow at the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico. His books include the edited collections Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance (Berghahn 2008), and Rave Culture and Religion (Routledge, 2004). His book Global Trance Culture: Religion, Technology and Psytrance is forthcoming with Blackwell.

• Introduction; The Rave-olution? 1.Sound System Exodus: Tekno-Anarchy in the UK and Beyond 2.Secret Sonic Societies and Other Renegades of Sound 3.New Tribal Gathering: Vibe-Tribes and Mega-Raves 4.The Technooccult, Psytrance and the Millennium 5.Rebel Sounds and Dance Activism: Rave and the Carnival of Protest 6.Outback Vibes: Dancing Up Country Conclusion: Hardcore, You Know the Score