findcameron
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Hi All,
I know some of you must feel that we researchers have nothing better to do than sit around stroking our chins contemplating the deep meaning of club cultures...so I'm sorry to have to confirm this suspicion with this posting!
The Centre for Youth Drug Studies in collaboration with Turning Point is about to start a new qualitative research project on ecstasy and related drug cultures in Victoria. This research promises to be a little mroe interesting than most existing ecstasy research projects in that we are really interested in the cultural meanings generated in and through ecstasy and dance cultures in Victoria.
Jenn and I are interested in how ecstasy and dance cultures interact to produce new cultural forms, new cultural relationships and new possibilities for creative change in youth cultures. Again I'm sorry if this all sounds like Introduction to Cultural Studies 101 but I think we have some interesting research questions to explore. As follows:
•describe patterns of ecstasy and related drug use, including settings of use, with whom use occurs, time and frequency of use, the profile and social networks of people who use ecstasy, and how this changes over time and varies according to age and gender;
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•identify the social and cultural contexts of ecstasy use including the role and function ecstasy play in their lives and how this changes over time and according to age and gender;
•identify the benefits and harms that users associate with ecstasy use and the strategies they employ to reduce or manage those harms;
•describe users’ perceived future patterns of ecstasy use including alcohol and other drug use; and
•make recommendations about prevention approaches relevant to consumers of ecstasy, including when and where these approaches would be most appropriate.
Anyway, we're really excited about this project, and we're keen for as many people to get involved as possible. I think this is finally a chance to talk about the cultural benefits associated with ecstasy use, as well as how to minimise harms etc.
If you're interested please email me at [email protected]
or call on 03 9278 8118. We're paying $30 for a 45 min or so interview. We're also interested in running small focus groups so if you have a group of 2 or 3 friends who might like to get involved then contact me as well.
Thanks!
Dr Cameron Duff
Centre for Youth Drug Studies
I know some of you must feel that we researchers have nothing better to do than sit around stroking our chins contemplating the deep meaning of club cultures...so I'm sorry to have to confirm this suspicion with this posting!
The Centre for Youth Drug Studies in collaboration with Turning Point is about to start a new qualitative research project on ecstasy and related drug cultures in Victoria. This research promises to be a little mroe interesting than most existing ecstasy research projects in that we are really interested in the cultural meanings generated in and through ecstasy and dance cultures in Victoria.
Jenn and I are interested in how ecstasy and dance cultures interact to produce new cultural forms, new cultural relationships and new possibilities for creative change in youth cultures. Again I'm sorry if this all sounds like Introduction to Cultural Studies 101 but I think we have some interesting research questions to explore. As follows:
•describe patterns of ecstasy and related drug use, including settings of use, with whom use occurs, time and frequency of use, the profile and social networks of people who use ecstasy, and how this changes over time and varies according to age and gender;
•
•identify the social and cultural contexts of ecstasy use including the role and function ecstasy play in their lives and how this changes over time and according to age and gender;
•identify the benefits and harms that users associate with ecstasy use and the strategies they employ to reduce or manage those harms;
•describe users’ perceived future patterns of ecstasy use including alcohol and other drug use; and
•make recommendations about prevention approaches relevant to consumers of ecstasy, including when and where these approaches would be most appropriate.
Anyway, we're really excited about this project, and we're keen for as many people to get involved as possible. I think this is finally a chance to talk about the cultural benefits associated with ecstasy use, as well as how to minimise harms etc.
If you're interested please email me at [email protected]
or call on 03 9278 8118. We're paying $30 for a 45 min or so interview. We're also interested in running small focus groups so if you have a group of 2 or 3 friends who might like to get involved then contact me as well.
Thanks!
Dr Cameron Duff
Centre for Youth Drug Studies
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