Rethinking DIY culture in a post-industrial and global context

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2018

Authors

Bennett, Andy (Author) Other; Guerra, Paula (Author) FLUP

Book

Title: DIY cultures and underground music scenes

Pages: 7-18

ISBN: 9780415786980

Electronic ISBN: 9781315226507

Publisher: Routledge

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Social sciences

Other information

Abstract (EN): This chapter examines the longevity of the do-it-yourself (DIY) cultural aesthetic and its evolution in a global context. It illustrates, from its roots in the punk movement, the concept of DIY has grown to encapsulate a highly complex and vibrant alternative sector of cultural production and consumption on a global scale. The ‘DIY’ first begun to be heard at the beginning of the twentieth century, when it was used and understood in the context of home improvement. The chapter explores the task of beginning to delineate and define a new framework of DIY culture and cultural practice that can be applied in more contemporary global settings. From a point during the mid-1970s, the notion of DIY culture has developed from a punk-focused ethos of resistance to the mainstream music industry into a more widely endorsed aesthetic underpinning a broad sphere of alternative cultural production.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Chapter 1