Part II: Alternative Lifestyle Event Ethnography
I now turn to a review of the published results of four ethnographic projects conducted on ALEs. The first two projects derive from PhD thesis research carried out on non-Australian events by non-anthropologists. The latter two are articles on Australian ALEs researched by anthropologists. My intention is to offer: a description of the events themselves; an appraisal of conceptual issues raised; critical commentary on methodological and theoretical perspectives, and; a general comparison of the approaches.