Network Apocalypsis: Revealing and Reveling at a New Age Festival
This article analyzes the Synthesis 2012 festival, which coincided with the end of the Mayan calendar in December 2012. The festival was held in and around the village of Pisté in Yucatán, Mexico, and broadcast live via a web-based video stream. We gathered ethnographic data about the event both ons...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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equinox
2014
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International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-188 |
Further subjects: | B
blended geographies
B ideology of intention B Maya calendar B web of mediated interaction B New Age B virtual / IRL B spiritual presence |
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Summary: | This article analyzes the Synthesis 2012 festival, which coincided with the end of the Mayan calendar in December 2012. The festival was held in and around the village of Pisté in Yucatán, Mexico, and broadcast live via a web-based video stream. We gathered ethnographic data about the event both onsite and via the Internet. Presenting and analyzing that data here, we consider the way that these two different modes of access to the ethnographic event(s) reveal and obscure different dimensions of participants’ presence at the festival. |
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ISSN: | 2041-952X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of new religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.v5i2.26232 |