The Morality of Losing Yourself on a Dance Floor: How a Rave Scene Delineates Belonging based on Intention
Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography March 17, 2026 Eleanor Waite
When raving emerged in the early 1990s, it promoted a clear ethos: peace, love, unity and respect. Raving soon entered a decline when the parties became commercialized and governments took various measures to quell unlicensed events, losing their original ethos. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Atlantic Canada, has experienced a rebirth: an emerging rave scene appears to be...