Following the Rainbow trail : the reproduction of an alternative intentional community

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWoodall, John David
dc.contributor.supervisorHier, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-10T22:43:55Z
dc.date.available2008-06-10T22:43:55Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2008-06-10T22:43:55Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/992
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectRainbow Family of Living Lighten_US
dc.subjectutopiasen_US
dc.subjectColoradoen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subject21st centuryen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociologyen_US
dc.titleFollowing the Rainbow trail : the reproduction of an alternative intentional communityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
WoodallJ_MA_2007.pdf
Size:
15.44 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.95 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
 
University of Victoria Libraries

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.