Department / Cultural Studies

Rave and Festival Identity Studies

RBG focuses on identity shaped through rave participation — fashion, movement, group dynamics, and the sensory environment of large-scale events.

RBG studio with festival fits and field journals.

Department Overview

RBG runs from a participation-and-ritual seminar, into a fits-and-aesthetic studio, into a capstone field study built around two approved live events. EDM is a sister department — students often double-major or cross-register.

Courses

RBG.220 Rave Participation and Ritual

Prereq: None

U (Summer)

3-0-9 units

The rave as participatory ritual — what people do there, why, and the unwritten code.

Staff

RBG.330 Festival Aesthetics and Expression

Prereq: RBG.220

U (Spring)

2-4-6 units

Visual language of festivals — fits, color, glitter, mesh, utility — across a multi-day cycle.

Staff

RBG.415 Field Study: Live Event Immersion

Prereq: RBG.330 + permission

U (Summer)

2-6-7 units

Capstone field study built around two approved live events.

Sasha Reyes