SESSION 5 - Urban tribes vocabulary

HIPPIES
Clothes/fashion
Bell-bottom pants
Tie-died garments
Peasant blouses
Long beaded necklaces
Psychedelic art
No make-up
Brightly coloured clothing
Braless /Barefoot
Psychedelic drugs

Identity values
Middle class values
Reject established institutions
Oppose to nuclear weapons
Independence
Question authority
Peace symbol
Drugs ( LSD/ cannabis)

GOTHS
Clothes/fashion
Lugubrious/Mystical
Medieval style clothes
Black eyeliner/Pale face
Props/Black fingernails
Dyed black hair
Black period-styled clothing
Ruined castles or churches
Darker side of things
Cross/Coffin/Death symbols
Piercings optional
Crucifixes/Graveyards

Identity values
Non-violent group
Anti-governmental group
Not supportive of violence
Tolerance



SKATERS
Clothes/fashion
Means of transportation
Kickflip ( aerial skateboarding trick)
Surfing/Snowskating
Sidewalk
Wheels/Axles
Board /Fiberglass
Skateparks

Identity values
Enjoy riding skateboard because it’s fun
Vert skating (halfpipes)
Street skaters (stairs and ledges)
Love landing tricks
Group spirit