Feeling at one: Socio-affective distribution, vibe, and dance-music consciousness
April 11, 2019 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198804352.003.0006 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe chapter argues that the consciousness experienced during clubbing and raving can be understood through the theory of extended mind, where mind is a distributed system involving brain, body, and environment. Building on the concept of music as affective atmosphere, it contends that the 'vibe' of a dance party is cognitively, socially, and affectively distributed. Participating in this vibe affords 'primary musical consciousness,' a pre-reflexive state of affective and bodily knowledge. The authors speculate about neural correlates of these experiences by drawing an analogy with brain research on psychedelic states.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Feeling Dance Consciousness Aesthetics Social psychology |
| Citations | 31 |
| Key finding | Proposes that the 'vibe' of a dance party is a distributed cognitive, social, and affective phenomenon affording primary musical consciousness, and speculates about its neural correlates via analogy with psychedelic research. |
Abstract
Abstract In this chapter, the embodied consciousness of clubbing and raving is considered through the theory of extended mind, according to which the mind is a distributed system where brain, body, and environment play equal parts. Building on the idea of music as affective atmosphere, a case is made for considering the vibe of a dance party as cognitively, socially, and affectively distributed. The chapter suggests that participating in the vibe affords primary musical consciousness—a kind of pre-reflexive state characterized by affective and bodily knowledge—and speculates about the neural correlates of clubbing and raving by means of an analogy with brain research on psychedelic states.