 | The DIY Movement in Art, Music and Publishing: Subjugated Knowledges Subjects: Arts; Humanities; Social Sciences; Art & Visual Culture; Music; Cultural Studies; Media & Film Studies; Sociology & Social Policy; Contemporary Art; Visual Culture; Popular Music; Cultural Theory; Popular Culture; Subcultures; Popular Music; Sociology of Culture; Cyberculture; Media & Communications; Journalism & Professional Media; This book considers the history of Do It Yourself art, music and publishing, demonstrating how DIY strategies have transitioned from being marginal, to emergent, to embedded. Through secondary research, observation and 30 original interviews, each chapter analyses one of 15 creative cities (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dusseldorf, New York, London, Manchester, Cologne, Washington DC, Detroit, Berlin, Glasgow, Olympia (Washington), Portland (Oregon), Moscow and Istanbul) and assesses the contemporary situation in each in the post-subcultural era of digital and internet technologies. The book challenges existing subcultural histories by examining less well-known scenes as well as exploring DIY "best practices" to trace a template of best approaches for sustainable, independent, locally owned creative enterprises. Dr. Sarah Lowndes is a writer, curator and Research Fellow at Norwich University of the Arts, UK. Her other publications include ocial Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene (2010), All Art is Political: Writings on Performative Art (2014) and Contemporary Artists Working Outside the City: Creative Retreat (2018). |
