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DIY culture (abbreviation of Do It Yourself) is a broad term that refers to a wide range of elements in non-mainstream society, such as; grassroots
Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one driven by the constituent of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it is natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures....
 political and social activism, independent music, art and film.

ng originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the form of the free festival movement, mutating through protest camps (thus incorporating elements of earlier radical tendencies such as the beat and peace movements) and into punk through bands such as Crass, DIY
Do it yourself

Do it yourself, often referred to by the acronym DIY, is a term used by various communities that focus on people creating or repairing things for themselves without the aid of paid professionals....
 culture became something of a recognised movement in the 1990s in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, where the protest (the direct action) and party (the festival) converged.






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DIY culture (abbreviation of Do It Yourself) is a broad term that refers to a wide range of elements in non-mainstream society, such as; grassroots
Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one driven by the constituent of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it is natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures....
 political and social activism, independent music, art and film.

History of DIY culture in UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

Having originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the form of the free festival movement, mutating through protest camps (thus incorporating elements of earlier radical tendencies such as the beat and peace movements) and into punk through bands such as Crass, DIY
Do it yourself

Do it yourself, often referred to by the acronym DIY, is a term used by various communities that focus on people creating or repairing things for themselves without the aid of paid professionals....
 culture became something of a recognised movement in the 1990s in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, where the protest (the direct action) and party (the festival) converged. This development constituted a significant cross-pollination of pleasure and politics resembling the anti-disciplinary politics of the 1960s. During the 1990s, demonstrating the desire for an economy of mutual aid and co-operation, the commitment to the non-commodification of art, the appropriation of digital and communication technologies for free community purposes, and the commitment to alternative technologies such as biodiesel
Biodiesel

Biodiesel refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of long chain alkyl esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat , which can be used in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles....
. From 1991–1997 the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 government cracked down on squatting
Squatting

Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not Land ownership and tenure....
, animal rights
Animal rights

Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings....
 activists, greens
Greens

Greens may refer to:* Leaf vegetables such as collard greens, mustard greens, spring greens, winter greens, spinach, etc.* Green politics * Green party -- with a list and description and links for the Green parties in different countries....
, travellers
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
, as well as the culture of raves, parties and dance culture.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act

In 1994, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 passed the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It introduced a number of changes to the existing law, most notably in the restriction and reduction of existing rights and in greater penalties for certain "anti-social" behaviours....
 which contained several sections designed to curtail the growing free party
Free party

A free party is a party "Freedom " from the restrictions of the legal club scene, which typically involves a Sound system #Freetekno/Free Party Sound systems playing electronic dance music from late at night until the time when the organisers decide to go home....
 and anti-road
M11 link road protest

The M11 link road protest was an anti-road campaign in East London, England, United Kingdom in the early 1990s. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the campaign was a significant factor in increasing the cost of constructing the road, and together with others in the UK at that time, is considered by many to have played a major role in the large-...
 protest
Protest

Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favor, though more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or may undertake direct action to attempt to directly enact desi...
 movements (sometimes embodied by raver
Raver

Raver is a word that has been used since the 1960s to describe people who are enthusiastic attendees of parties. For this purpose, the term is most common in the UK....
s and traveller
Irish Traveller

Irish Travellers are an itinerant people of Irish people origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. It is estimated that 25,000 Travellers live in Ireland and 7,000 in the United States....
s). It empowered police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 to arrest citizens who appeared to be preparing to hold a rave, waiting for a rave to start, or attending a rave.

See also

  • DIY ethic
    DIY ethic

    The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of being self-reliant by completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are likely more experienced complete them....
  • Affinity group
    Affinity group

    An affinity group is usually a small group of left-wing political activists who work together on direct action.Affinity groups are organized in a non-Hierarchy manner, usually using consensus decision making, and are often made up of trusted friendship of a common ideology....
  • Alternative society
  • Critical Mass
    Critical Mass

    Critical Mass is a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 city around the world. While the ride was originally founded in 1992 with the idea of drawing attention to how unfriendly the city was to bicyclists, the leaderless structure of Critical Mass makes it impossible to assign it any one specific goal...
  • Justice?
    Justice?

    Justice? was part of a direct action campaign, based in Brighton, England, arguing against a Bill in the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was to become the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994....
  • Fugazi
  • M11 link road protest
    M11 link road protest

    The M11 link road protest was an anti-road campaign in East London, England, United Kingdom in the early 1990s. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the campaign was a significant factor in increasing the cost of constructing the road, and together with others in the UK at that time, is considered by many to have played a major role in the large-...
  • Lo-fi music
    Lo-fi music

    Lo-fi is an aesthetic in music production which uses low fidelity recording practices. Its use is sometimes due to the artist's financial limitations but is often a deliberate rejection of so called main stream music....
  • Punk ideologies
  • Reclaim the Streets
    Reclaim the Streets

    Reclaim the Streets is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporation forces in globalisation, and to the automobile as the dominant mode of transport....
  • Wobblies
  • SchNEWS
    SchNEWS

    SchNEWS is a free weekly publication from Brighton, England, which has been running since November 1994. The main focus is environmental and social issues/struggles in the UK – but also internationally – with an emphasis on direct action protest, and autonomous political struggles outside formalised political parties....
  • Squatting
    Squatting

    Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not Land ownership and tenure....
  • Hipster (contemporary subculture)
    Hipster (contemporary subculture)

    Hipster is a slang term which appeared in the late 1990s and 2000's to describe young, recently-settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly alternative rock, independent rock, independent film, magazines like Vice , Clash and Adbusters, and websites like...
  • D.I.Y. OR DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist
    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist is a low-budget documentary film released by Music Video Distributors in 2002. The film is a "celebration of the underdog" and deals with why artists do what they do, regardless of a continuous paycheck....
  • Unschooling
    Unschooling

    The term "unschooling" refers to a range of educational philosophies and practices that differ markedly from conventional schooling; while often considered to be a subset of homeschooling, unschoolers may be philosophically as estranged from most homeschoolers as they are from the advocates of conventional schooling....


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