DIY culture

One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility

by Zack Furness and Zachary Mooradian Furness  · 28 Mar 2010  · 532pp  · 155,470 words

, just as biking prepped the way for the automobile in the twentieth century, i am arguing that the set of practices and dispositions fostered in Diy culture, such as the production of alternative media, advocacy for technological conviviality, and a critique of corporate power, have been influential on a variety of bicycling

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Squall co-editor Jim Carey—is actually a more appropriate moniker for the “communal rather than individual response” to cultural and political norms cultivated in Diy culture.29 indeed, most punks who ride bikes tend to describe bicycling in terms of this individual-social dialectic, whether in their music, artwork, writing, or

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construction of the M11 link road in East london became the catalyst for the union of cultural politics and direct action that came to define Diy culture in the United Kingdom.43 That is to say, while the anarcho-punk scene in the United Kingdom was by no means anti-car in

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Oi polloi, nausea, and antischism, to name just a few.46 in addition, the first Gulf War served as a key connecting point between environmentalism, Diy culture, punk, and a radical critique of transportation in which cars became a target for critique and a suitable metaphor for ecological destruction and the perils

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well as machines used to either mass-produce media or amplify sound to deafening volumes. indeed, much of the anti-technology rabble promulgated by/within Diy culture often confuses political and socioeconomic criticisms with arguments about the so-called nature or essence of technology. This is understandable given the interrelated and mutually

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Critical Mass participants who were active in the punk and zine scenes, the ride became a point of cohesion for bike riders in the broader Diy culture and, in turn, this support has arguably been one of the driving forces in event’s longevity and popularity. put simply, the ethics of environmentalism

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techno-communicative functions of their machines, both on the street and as part of a broader style. With respect to the use of bicycles in Diy culture, certain forms of technological tinkering are similarly “linked to a dialogic cultural process,” though it is one less rooted in style than practice.55 a

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-gear and single-speed bikes on the road in the 1990s—first among messengers and hard-core cycling enthusiasts, followed by punks and the broader Diy culture—unquestionably piqued people’s interest in durable, simple bicycles. Style, in this sense, is also “a function of politics” inasmuch as it plays a key

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bike media and the popularization of bicycling as a subcultural practice, bicycling gets brought into, and reconfigured within, an entire “network of empowerment” associated with Diy culture, or what lawrence Grossberg calls an a affective alliance: an “organization of concrete material practices and events, cultural forms and social experience which both opens

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–158; aufheben, “The politics of anti-road Struggle and the Struggles of anti-road politics: The Case of the no M11 link road Campaign,” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, ed. George McKay (new york: verso, 1998), 100–128; John Jordan, “The art of necessity: The Subversive imagination of

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anti-road protest and reclaim the Streets,” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, 129–151; peter north, “‘Save Our Solsbury!’: The anatomy of an anti-roads protest,” Environmental Politics 7, no. 3

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, Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: The Unbridgeable Chasm (San Francisco: aK press, 1995), 24. For good examples, see the collection of essays featured in McKay, DiY Culture; Stephen Duncombe, Cultural Resistance Reader (london: verso, 2002); Benjamin Heim Shepard and ronald Hayduk, From Act Up to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building

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/or punk practices are necessarily inadequate and bound to raise more issues than they resolve. Consequently, i use the terms punk culture, DIY punk culture, DIY culture, the punk underground, underground culture, and the punk community interchangeably not out of laziness but because they are simply different ways of talking about the

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), available at http://bad.eserver.org/issues/1996/27/joel.html. Jim Carey, “Fresh Flavour in the Media Soup: The Story of Squall Magazine,” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, ed. George McKay (london: verso, 1998), 58–78. Quoted in Chris atton, “The infoshop: The alternative information Centre of

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The Unknown City, see Derek Wall, Earth First! and the Anti-roads Movement (london: routledge, 1999). George McKay, “Diy Culture: notes towards an intro,” in DiY Culture, 4 (emphasis is original); iris Marion young, Justice and the Politics of Difference (princeton, nJ: princeton University press, 1990), 86. as a case in point,

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–74. aufheben. “The politics of anti-road Struggle and the Struggles of anti-road politics: The Case of the no M11 link road Campaign.” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, edited by George McKay, 100–128. new york: verso, 1998. aus rotten. The System Works for Them. Tribal War

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as Culture: Essays on Media and Society. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1989. Carey, Jim. “Fresh Flavour in the Media Soup: The Story of Squall Magazine.” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, edited by George McKay, 58–78. london: verso, 1998. Carlson, l., and J. Sullivan. “Hands-on Engineering: learning by

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Woman. Mountain view, Ca: Schobert publishing, 1997. Jordan, John. “The art of necessity: The Subversive imagination of anti-road protest and reclaim the Streets.” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, edited by George McKay, 129–151. london: verso, 1998. Kahney, leander. “Bamboo Bike Maker Grows His Frames, Bonsai Style

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, James. On Your Bicycle: An Illustrated History of Cycling. new york: Facts on File publications, 1987. McKay, George. DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain. london: verso, 1998. ———. “Diy Culture: notes towards an intro.” in DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain, edited by George McKay, 1–53. london: verso, 1998. ———. Senseless Acts of

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of nature, 41–42, 44–45; in countryside, 39–40, 42; as crucial part of mental discipline, 26; and development of automotive idea, 16; and Diy culture, 153, 168–169; versus driving, 136; and environmentalism, 63, 69; among executives, 159; as exercise, 119–120; as exercise in geography, 145–146; and expansion

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; as collective act of civil disobedience, 98; as comparable to graffiti writing, 93; criticism of, 3, 130; demographics of, 105; as direct action, 80; and Diy culture, 153; as dominant paradigm of xerocracy, 82, 152; as festive rolling adventure, 91; and “flame war,” 98; function of, 107; goals of, 84; image of

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, 78–79 pucher, John, 4, 113, 211, 248–249n120 puma, urban cycling campaign of, 160–161 punk movement, 270–271n9; and bike messengers, 152; and Diy culture, 142–143, 147, 149–150; and politics, 144–145, 151; punk music and bicycling, 144–145, 147, 149, 152, 272n26; resistance identity of, 145; and

Makers

by Chris Anderson  · 1 Oct 2012  · 238pp  · 73,824 words

.” Information inside But surely custom-made or bespoke suits and farmers’ markets have been around forever. What’s different now? The simple answer is that DIY culture has suddenly met Web culture. And the intersection of the two lies in digital design: physical products that are created first onscreen. Walk into an

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, a laboratory for new ideas and a test bed for new techniques. Maintaining the link to the garage is how Scaled Composites stays ahead. The DIY culture of Scaled Composites comes from Rutan himself. Born in 1943, his teenage years were full of self-designed model airplanes and competition victories. He figured

The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism

by Jeremy Rifkin  · 31 Mar 2014  · 565pp  · 151,129 words

to see is a powerful new narrative arising that could change the way civilization is organized in the twenty-first century. Think about it. The DIY culture is growing around the world, empowered by the idea of using bits to arrange atoms. Like the early software hackers of a generation ago, who

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. Bradford, 7–9 De Kestelier, Xavier, 97 Demetri, Dr. George, 242 The Descent of Man (Darwin), 63 Deutsche Telekom, 54, 101, 198 Dini, Erico, 97 DIY culture, 90, 94–95, 99–100 Dobb, Maurice, 40 Doctorow, Cory, 95 dominance of social media, 201 see also Facebook; Friendster; Myspace; Twitter driverless vehicle(s

Makers at Work: Folks Reinventing the World One Object or Idea at a Time

by Steven Osborn  · 17 Sep 2013  · 310pp  · 34,482 words

the way they interact with the objects and the world around them. The nature and motivation of the projects aren’t any different from the DIY culture of yesteryear. The maker movement is just an acceleration of that culture, thanks to modern manufacturing technologies along with the availability and sharing of information

Lonely Planet Kenya

by Lonely Planet

Taita Hills and is a refreshingly untouristy detour in the heart of the Taita homeland. Wildlife is scarce, but come here for a low-key, DIY cultural experience with some lovely landscapes thrown in. Numerous trails criss-cross the cultivated terraced slopes around town, leading to dramatic gorges, waterfalls, cliffs and jagged

Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing

by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman  · 20 Nov 2012  · 307pp  · 92,165 words

,” is how he explained it. MakerBot’s loyal and passionate customers mingle on MakerBot’s website, thingiverse.com, where discussions reflect the company’s playful DIY culture. Like lifestyle magazines that offer readers recipes geared for specific holidays, MakerBot’s blog offers printing projects and tips to help its readers celebrate Memorial

Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth

by Selina Todd  · 11 Feb 2021  · 598pp  · 150,801 words

generation no longer had this expectation. Whereas left-wing activists of the 1970s had focused on reforming or democratising the state, this generation created the DIY culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s, which stood apart from the state, relying on it only for a dole cheque in times of need

Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani  · 10 Jun 2019  · 280pp  · 74,559 words

proposal to regulate cattle, pigs, dogs and other animals modified with gene-editing tools, including CRISPR-Cas9. A previously ambiguous area at the interface of DIY culture and high-value technology would now require federal approval and be subject to significant government oversight. That came as a blow to Ishee, who told

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the US to the UK, as is presently the case, will be rightly viewed as absurd. Indeed, just like gene editing it’s possible that DIY cultures will accompany the rise of hyper-local production with our ever-expanding leisure time given over to home-brewing rib-eye steaks and Gruyère cheese

Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right

by Angela Nagle  · 6 Jun 2017  · 122pp  · 38,022 words

media mainstream in any way. Instead, we see online the emergence of a new kind of anti-establishment sensibility expressing itself in the kind of DIY culture of memes and user-generated content that cyberutopian true believers have evangelized about for many years but had not imagined taking on this particular political

The Rough Guide to Australia (Travel Guide eBook)

by Rough Guides  · 14 Oct 2023  · 1,955pp  · 521,661 words

bit of fishing, sailing and lazing around. Newcastle is escaping its industrial-city tag: an attractive beach metropolis, with a surfing, student, café, music and DIY culture all part of the mix. Immediately beyond are the wineries of the Hunter Valley. To the west, you escape suburbia to emerge at the foot

Barefoot Into Cyberspace: Adventures in Search of Techno-Utopia

by Becky Hogge, Damien Morris and Christopher Scally  · 26 Jul 2011  · 171pp  · 54,334 words

Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free

by Cody Wilson  · 10 Oct 2016  · 246pp  · 70,404 words