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Abstract: This thesis draws upon the author's fieldwork conducted in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on a particular group of Shamrock Rovers Football Club supporters called ultras. The primary focus of the SRFC Ultras is to create an aural and visual spectacle through mass crowd participation in the hope that such modes of expression will have an advantageous effect on the outcome of the game and creat... read moree an evocative response from individuals watching it. The Ultras' desired aesthetic aims to transform spectators into participants who sing throughout the match, wave flags, light off marine flares, and present hand-made displays. Such performative activities actualize a distinct community that revolves around the Shamrock Rovers sporting narrative. Songs, chants, and all other elements of "atmosphere" are a communicative act between opposing teams based upon the unfolding match. Such experiences revolve around conflict, activating an array of emotions and experiences that would not occur in day-to-day life.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Music.
Advisors: Rich Jankowsky, and David Locke.
Committee: David Locke, Jeffrey Summit, and Alessandra Campana.
Keywords: Music, and Cultural anthropology.read less
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