Date Thesis Awarded
4-2024
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Anthropology
Advisor
Andrea Wright
Committee Members
Joseph Jones
Benjamin Whiting
William Fisher
Abstract
This project seeks to examine Richmond, Virginia’s underground music community through the analytical perspective of sociocultural anthropology. I argue that Richmond’s underground music community is guided by a governing ideology I refer to as the “DIY ethic”. The application of the DIY (Do It Yourself) ethic helps to explain the community’s unique practices, including moshing and the formation of new, niche genres. This ethnographic approach includes interviews with community members and my own firsthand observations of music venues and other subcultural spaces. This research is part of my undergraduate honors project at the College of William & Mary.
Recommended Citation
Sloan, Calvin, "The DIY Ethic in Richmond, Virginia’s Underground Music Community" (2024). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 2147.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/2147
