The Exploration of transformational experiences at festivals

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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Ashley
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
dc.contributor.supervisorTzu, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-12T19:10:57Z
dc.date.available2016-02-12T19:10:57Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractElectronic and transformational festivals (ETF) are growing in number and size. This study seeks to understand how these festivals are conducive to transformational experiences and the lived experience of festivalgoers. This is a phenomenological, exploratory study. The data was collected during 10 open-ended interviews from 11 volunteer participants from the Southern Alberta/East Kootenay area. Themes were generated using thematic analysis. A total of 15 themes and subthemes were developed. These themes were grouped according to the following: the physical and emotional environment created, how this environment creates moments of profound bliss, and the overall transformational journey. ETFs create an environment that allows festivalgoers to let down emotional guards and open themselves to new perspectives. Although participants described moments of profound bliss and shifts in consciousness, there was an overall census that theses events act as stepping-stones in a life-long journey of learning and spiritual growth.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLethbridge Public Interest Research Groupen_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4411
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0451en_US
dc.proquest.subject0573en_US
dc.proquest.subject0382en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjectconscious livingen_US
dc.subjectdrug useen_US
dc.subjectelectronic festivalsen_US
dc.subjectspiritual experiencesen_US
dc.subjecttransformational experiencesen_US
dc.subjecttransformational festivalsen_US
dc.titleThe Exploration of transformational experiences at festivalsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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