This article analyses how different forms of involvement in underground punk and/or
alternative scenes develop into specific do-it-yourself (DIY) careers. From a corpus of 214 …

This article focuses on presenting, analysing and understanding the 'do-it-yourself'(DIY)
representations of over 200 participants in Portuguese punk music scenes between 1977 …

This paper explores the working life of early-career musicians after technological
innovations transformed the music industry. Based on in-depth interviews, a diary …

This study addresses the role of reputation in the career building strategy of early-career
musicians in a transforming music industry. Drawing from interviews with 21 musicians, we …

This article addresses the DIY career building strategies in the Portuguese independent
music scenes. Is it anchored on the reading of DIY careers as a pattern of promoting …

Digital technologies play an increasingly prominent role in the reproduction of society and
space. Rather than being studied as a separate category of understanding, the ways in …

This paper seeks to expand popular geopolitics in line with the digital worlds in which many
of us now live. By interpreting geopolitics as a method of cultural (re) production, it becomes …

Extant research documents the impact of meritocratic narratives in news media that justify
economic inequality. This paper inductively explores whether popular music is a source of …

This article reflects upon Do It Yourself (DIY) musical activities in an effort to open them up to
critical academic inquiry. It begins with a discussion of what 'DIY'means in a musical context …

This article discusses some network mechanisms that may facilitate involvement in artistic
production. More specifically, it explores the nature of the collaborative networks in which …