Back Matter

DIY Cultures and the Global South

“…And yet, while such work has done much to illustrate and illuminate the attempts of groups and individuals to engage with and counter harsh and worsening socio-economic and political conditions in the industrialised world, it tells us very little about the rest of the world; those countries that remain on the global periphery in regions that are collectively termed the Global South (Dargin, 2013). Neither the Global North nor the Global South are exclusively geographic terms, as illustrated in the case of Australia and New Zealand, countries that are geographically situated in the southern hemisphere, and within the primarily Global South continent of Oceania, but are industrially advanced nations.…”