Sweden Rock Festivalen, ett kulturellt och socialt fenomen?

• Main Author: Pousár, Pauline
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi 2016
• Subjects: Etnologi; Musik; Festival; Diskurs; Homophily; Sweden Rock Festival; Kultur; Norm; Ethnology
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-319739

Sweden Rock Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Sweden and its focus on rock music in its different forms keeps the audience coming back and keeps the festival going. Time and time again the festival is noticed as being one of the safer festivals based on the amount of reported assaults and reported accidents. The purpose of this paper is to try to find the reason why the Sweden Rock Festival is perceived as safe. Looking at our rules and regulations harassment, violent crimes and sexual predatory behaviour is more common on a city street in daylight than it is at the festival even if some men and women are barely wearing clothes, are intoxicated and at times sleeping alone in the grass in a secluded area. The materials put together show that people choose to co-exist and care for each other to keep the festival safe and welcoming. The paper is based on my own observations at the festival as well as interviews with other visitors, these were conducted in person. I have found statistics from the police and materials written about the festival. I have chosen to use the theory of homophily in some parts of the analysis but I am focusing on performance theories as well as the values and morals aspect to get a full picture of what actually happens when you set foot at the Sweden Rock Festival.