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Yet the culture of college campuses throughout the country say otherwise to the accepting and carefree domain that Coachella coincides with. The reason behind this stark difference in culture can be derived from the need to have things or to be politically correct on these campuses. As this is a drastic contradiction to Coachella and the dress at the festival that promotes one’s own self ideals and being, college campuses have become places of safe havens where the freedom of thought is not always welcomed or received with respect. Valerie Strauss, who is an education writer for the Washington Post, even said in article that “[she] agrees wholeheartedly with the argument that learning is most powerful when people with different points of …show more content…

This increase in the amount of EDM acts at the three-day festival has created a much larger EDM scene in recent years at the festival; a website called Thump RSS, an electronic music and culture publisher, even said that “nothing proves EDM’s growth at Coachella more than the development of the Yuma tent”(Khawaja). The Yuma tent is a tent dedicated solely to EDM music. Along with the addition of the new Yuma tent in 2014 and the rise of the EDM scene at the festival, one acronym stands out. That acronym is PLUR otherwise standing for Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect. This acronym not only represents the mantra for the EDM subculture, but it is a symbol of the open-minded and free-thinking culture that Coachella …show more content…

While cultures cannot only be defined or understood with a single definition, certain cases allow us to seek insight into pieces of what culture truly is and what it actually means in the bigger scheme. A case such as Coachella allows us to explore how a society that is so broadly complex and interlaced together, can be broken down into small little cases and complexities that tell us more about the unity, beliefs, customs, and principles of the people within the United States and the world. Because Coachella brings together such a mix of people throughout the world, not from just around Los Angeles, a mix of music throughout the world, and a mix of different clothing styles, it gives us a sense of how the globalization machine runs on a much larger scale. From EDM music and its culture originating in the United Kingdom to the blending of bohemian style clothes, Coachella tells us that culture is moving in a progressive manner towards a society, and a world, where it is okay to be a free-thinker and different from the societal norms largely due to the fact that accepting one’s self and others as is, is a central figure throughout culture as a whole. Like Dr. Douglas Born said “living in a globalized world, he suggests, does not create homogeneity and polarization but rather a creative and

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