This paper is a culmination of an 11-month study of the independent electronic music scenes in Si... more This paper is a culmination of an 11-month study of the independent electronic music scenes in Singapore in 2018. I analyse how independent music artists, producers, organisers, and fans from different facets of society produce social, cultural and financial capital for diverse stakeholders. While tethered to an array of musical genres and subcultures, these communities are united by their ideological orientation towards authenticity and distance from the mainstream market. I have gathered data through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 32 scene participants, in order to analyse the values and opportunity structure within these different networks. Findings show how subcultural scenes fuel members' self-motivated learning, as well as generate networks with structural features shown to facilitate creativity and productivity. This study synthesises frameworks from several fields, namely educational psychology, subcultural theory, and social network studies. Analyses will be pertinent for social policy makers concerned about social stratification as it furthers the understanding of how spaces and social structures can support the diversifying of merit.
This paper is a culmination of an 11-month study of the independent electronic music scenes in Si... more This paper is a culmination of an 11-month study of the independent electronic music scenes in Singapore in 2018. I analyse how independent music artists, producers, organisers, and fans from different facets of society produce social, cultural and financial capital for diverse stakeholders. While tethered to an array of musical genres and subcultures, these communities are united by their ideological orientation towards authenticity and distance from the mainstream market. I have gathered data through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 32 scene participants, in order to analyse the values and opportunity structure within these different networks. Findings show how subcultural scenes fuel members' self-motivated learning, as well as generate networks with structural features shown to facilitate creativity and productivity. This study synthesises frameworks from several fields, namely educational psychology, subcultural theory, and social network studies. Analyses will be pertinent for social policy makers concerned about social stratification as it furthers the understanding of how spaces and social structures can support the diversifying of merit.
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