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Book SynopsisThis collection examines contemporary artist and activist-inspired utopian projects and DIY communities of interest. Throwing into relief the immense difficulty of thinking beyond the current system of consumer capitalism, coupled with the powerful desire to do just that, this anthology explores what our ideals and desires tell us about ourselves.
Trade ReviewThis volume showcases the creative practices and collectively imagined worlds that constitute, in Day's words, 'homemade strivings for utopia.' Contributing to the nascent field of DIY studies, these explorations illustrate the intimate connections between art and politics, between Utopian visions and material practices of maker culture. -- Megan Boler, professor at the Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Table of ContentsIntroduction Introduction: Creative Play and Collective Imagination Amber Day Imagination and Play: Asking “What If?” 1)Opening up Utopia Stephen Duncombe 2)Civic Imagination and A Useless Map Catherine D’Ignazio 3)Implausible Futures for Unpopular Places Rob Walker DIY Subcultures 4)Repair Events and the Fixer Movements: Fixing the World One Repair at a Time Lorenzo Giannini 5)Our Knowledge is our Market: Consuming the DIY World Jeremy Hunsinger 6)DIY Radio Utopia: What is So Funny About the Tragedy of the Commons Linda Doyle and Jessica Foley Protests and Peripheries 7)Remaking Street Corners as “Bureaux”: DIY Youth Spaces and Shifting Urban Ontologies in Guinea Clovis Bergère 8)Whose City? Art and Public Space in Providence Martha Kuhlman 9)Livestream Production and Livestream Community in the Black Lives Matter Movement Chenjerai Kumanyika Popular Culture and Utopia 10)Making Do and Mending - Domestic Television in The Age of Austerity: Kirstie Allsopp’s Kirstie’s Homemade Home Deborah Philips 11)Everyday Utopias, Technological Dystopias, and the Failed Occupation of the Global Modern: Dwell Magazine Meets Unhappy Hipsters Joan Faber McAlister and Giorgia Aiello 12)“Change Your Underwear, Change the World:” Entrepreneurial Activism and the Fate of Utopias in an Era of Ethical Capital Lisa Daily
