More than music

The relationship between punk and mainstream/liberal politicality in Zagreb

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ID21873172
AuthorsVanja Dergić (0000-0002-1668-9506, Institute of Social Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume14
Issue1
Pages7-26
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePunk & Post Punk (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2044-1983 • E-ISSN: 2044-3706
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/punk_00276_1
OpenAlexW4407021276
LanguageEN
References cited13

The goal of this research is to determine what activities young actors in the punk scene view as forms of politicality that they either practise themselves or see among other actors in the punk scene in Zagreb. This research focuses on young people because of the marginalized position older people have put them in. Likewise, the attitudes of young people towards politics are sometimes seen as ‘apolitical’, describing mistrust towards politicians or dislike of political parties. Regardless of these (un)conscious barriers that are often placed before young people, we can see their different reactions: from accepting the political disinterest others expect of them to resisting their imposed marginal social status. Accordingly, we were interested in often unrecognized, alternative forms of politicality among young people. We focus on punk as an example of a subculture that revives political activity among young people. Analysing the collected data, we obtained descriptions of 39 practices, activities and political ideas – organized into seven categories – through which participants described their politicality or the politicality of that of other actors in the punk scene in Zagreb. This article will introduce the results of ethnographic research, during which 28 interviews were conducted with participants between 20 and 36 years of age. The field part of this research was conducted in fifteen months

Art · Ethnography · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Punk · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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