Articulating the "Counter" in Subculture Studies

The ibogaine medical subculture.

AIM OF THE STUDY Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive indole alkaloid that is used to treat substance-related disorders in a global medical subculture, and is of interest as an ethnopharmacological prototype for experimental investigation and possible rational pharmaceutical development. The subculture is also significant for risks due to the lack of clinical and pharmaceutical standa...

The Internet and Youth Subculture in Kuwait

Young people in Kuwait constitute both the highest concentration of Internet users (estimated to be approximately 63% of all Internet users in Kuwait)and the largest sector of Kuwaiti society. Moreover, as argued in this article, young people's Internet practices are likely to stimulate the most significant changes in Kuwaiti society. This article scrutinizes a handful of descriptions by young ...

Studying the cohabitation subculture in metropolis Tehran (backgrounds and consequents)

Expended Abstract Introduction: In recent years, new methods of relationship between both sexes have emerged which have no family framework. Today, some girls and boys are living together although they have not got married legally and formally; based on a mutual agreement for an unspecified time. Some scholars express that Iran’s society has faced with increasing waves of changes in values an...

Studying the cohabitation subculture in metropolis Tehran (backgrounds and consequents)

Expended Abstract Introduction: In recent years, new methods of relationship between both sexes have emerged which have no family framework. Today, some girls and boys are living together although they have not got married legally and formally; based on a mutual agreement for an unspecified time. Some scholars express that Iran’s society has faced with increasing waves of changes in values an...

The Gamer Subculture in Lacy, WA