Following the Rainbow trail : the reproduction of an alternative intentional community
| dc.contributor.author | Woodall, John David | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Hier, Sean | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-06-10T22:43:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-06-10T22:43:55Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2007 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-06-10T22:43:55Z | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Sociology | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this research project was to investigate how the Rainbow Family of Living Light has, for the past thirty years, continued to reproduce itself. In doing so, I provide an explanation for why one cohort of young adults continue to actively participate at Gatherings. The data were collected through on-site observations, participation in informal focus groups and eight in-depth interviews with young adults at the National Gathering in Colorado (July 2006) and the British Columbia Regional Island Gathering (August 2006). I argue that the research data suggests that for the young adults interviewed, active participation at a Gathering provides an opportunity to participate in the construction of a community, as well as validating their individual identity. I further argue that the relationship between the individual's identity and the collective identity of the Family is far more symbiotic than is usually acknowledged within the literature. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/992 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rainbow Family of Living Light | en_US |
| dc.subject | utopias | en_US |
| dc.subject | Colorado | en_US |
| dc.subject | British Columbia | en_US |
| dc.subject | 21st century | en_US |
| dc.subject | history | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociology | en_US |
| dc.title | Following the Rainbow trail : the reproduction of an alternative intentional community | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |