Journal article
Autonomous Youth? Independence and Precariousness in the Indonesian Underground Music Scene
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Vol.13(4), pp.382-397
2012
Abstract
Indonesia boasts a thriving underground music scene that has become an important element in the identity practices of many urban youth. For dedicated ‘scenesters’, the underground is more than a personal expression of style; it is a way of life, and often a way to make a living. I draw on the concept of ‘precarity’ to examine the underground value of independence (kemandirian) in the context of the precarious position of urban youth in neoliberal Indonesia. The identities and practices of the underground scene are both a reaction against and a reflection of this experience. Scenesters draw on their underground identities, and the autonomous community networks they have established, in order to assert their independence from the demands of capital. However, they also mobilise this independence as the basis for their own entrepreneurial activities, resulting in a nascent tendency towards capital accumulation and class polarisation within the scene.
Details
- Title
- Autonomous Youth? Independence and Precariousness in the Indonesian Underground Music Scene
- Authors/Creators
- Sean R Martin-Iverson
- Publication Details
- The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Vol.13(4), pp.382-397
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005606266907891
- Copyright
- © 2012 The Australian National University
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 10 Arts & Humanities
- 10.240 Music
- 10.240.1566 Music and Identity
- Web Of Science research areas
- Anthropology
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general