ABSTRACT

Now from the descriptions in previous chapters, it should be getting clearer how I got to this point of thinking that a study of euphoric places and adrenaline practices might make an interesting topic to explore. One part of the answer dates back to a single identifiable incident or observation, midway through my original fieldwork, which it must be said was not on this type of subject matter at all but instead related more generally to issues surrounding identity and the social construction of landscape. Although I did not realise it at the time, I was witness to an unofficial ritual on a day of historical magnitude which would add an unanticipated dimension to my future research.