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DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society

eISSN: 27538702 | ISSN: 27538702 | Current volume: 2 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: 3 Times/Year
DIY, Alternatives Cultures, & Society will be the first academic journal dedicated to the theme of DIY (do-it-yourself) and alternative cultures. As such, it is our vision that the journal will quickly establish itself as the global forum for robust scholarship from researchers across the world focusing on this rapidly expanding and evolving topic. Currently research on DIY and alternative culture related themes is published in a disparate range of journals.

DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society is the first academic journal dedicated to the theme of DIY (do-it-yourself) and alternative cultures. It is a fully peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles focusing on all aspects of DIY and alternative cultural practice and consumption in a global context. The journal caters to a rapidly growing demand from an international community of scholars whose work focuses on a broad range of DIY cultural practices.

DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society is a strongly multidisciplinary journal. We welcome articles from the global community of scholars working on all aspects of DIY and alternative cultures (economies) in a broad range of academic fields, including, but not limited to: (cultural) sociology, (social) anthropology, urban and rural studies, (social) history, economics, (social, cultural and critical) geography, psychology, cultural studies, media studies, law, politics, (cultural) criminology, languages and linguistics, art and design, fashion studies, film studies, musicology and ethnomusicology, radio and journalism studies, fine arts, sound studies and popular music studies.

The journal also welcomes articles drawing on a wide range of conceptual approaches, including (but again not limited to) (post)structuralism, functionalism, social constructionism, conflict theory, behaviorism, homology, semiotics, symbolic interactionism, hermeneutics, ethnomethodology, phenomenology, critical theory, post-colonial theory and postmodernism. The journal also has a strong focus on empirically informed work, featuring articles based on the various social science methodologies ranging across quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods analysis: such methods will include (but again are not limited to), ethnography and virtual ethnography, archival research, visual analysis, textual analysis, social network analysis, multi-correspondence analysis, multiple regression analysis, diachronic and synchronic analysis, discourse analysis, and linguistic analysis.

The journal is keen to encourage submissions from both established and emerging scholars.

Topic coverage includes (but is not limited to):

· Theoretical and methodological perspectives on DIY

· Work, entrepreneurship and the market in DIY cultures

· Creativity, entrepreneurship and cultural resistance

· DIY lifestyles and alternative careers

· Gender, sexuality and DIY cultures

· Archives, documentation, pedagogy and heritage

· Cities, transformation, activism and intervention

· Regional and rural articulations of DIY and alternative cultures

· Alternative pedagogies and artistic education

· DIY cultures and global challenges

· Hybridism and glocalization

· DIY cultures, migrations and mobilities

· Postcolonial identities and geographies

· Social innovation, creativity, DIY and social inclusion

· DIY culture, space and place

· Aesthetics, bodies and affections

· Audiences, markets and DIY culture

· DIY cultures, health and well-being

· Historical studies of DIY and alternative cultures

· DIY, alternative cultures and dystopias

· Youth and DIY cultures

· DIY, ageing and generation

· Technologies of production in DIY and alternative cultures

· Local, trans-local and digital connectivity in DIY scenes

· Documentary and film narratives of DIY

· DIY, spatial justice and new ways of living

· DIY cultures, sustainability and artistic ecosystems

Editors
Andy Bennett Griffith University, Australia
Paula Guerra University of Porto, Portugal
Associate Editors
Constance DeVereaux University of Connecticut, USA
Tatiana Moura University of Coimbra, Portugal
Anthony Fung Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Vi Grunvald Rio Grande do Sul Federal University, Brazil
Will Straw McGill University, Canada
Catherine Strong RMIT University, Australia
Matthew Worley University of Reading, UK
Social Media Editors
Devpriya Chakravarty Griffith University, Australia
Sofia Sousa University of Porto, Portugal
Editorial Board
Airi-Alina Alaste TLU School of Governance, Law and Society, Estonia
Gina Arnold Stanford University, USA
Samantha Bennett Australian National University, Australia
Pauwke Berkers Erasmus University, Netherlands
Maria Claudia Bonadio Federal University of Juiz de For a, Brazil
Asya Draganova Birmingham City University, UK
Carles Feixa Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Mary Fogarty York University, Canada
Ross Haenfler Grinnell College, USA
Anthony Kwame Harrison Virginia Tech, USA
Päivi Honkatukia University of Tampere, Finland
Pierig Humeau Limoges University, France
Miaoju Jian National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Jennifer Lena Columbia University, USA
William Ofentse Lesitaokana University of Botswana, Botswana
Michael MacDonald MacEwan University, Canada
José Machado Pais University of Lisbon, Portugal
George McKay University of East Anglia, UK
Elena Omelchenko University of St Petersburg, Russia
Manisha Pathak-Shelat MICA, India
Rosa Reitsamer University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
Mykaell Riley University of Westminster, UK
Hyunjoon Shin Sungkonghoe University, South Korea
Geoff Stahl Wellington University, New Zealand
Steve Threadgold University of Newcastle, Australia
Patrick Williams National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yiri Yin Beijing Normal University, China
Book Reviews Editor
Robin Kuchar Leuphana University, Germany
Ana Oliveira Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

Manuscript Submission Guidelines: DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society

Please read the guidelines below then visit DIY, Alternative Cultures & Societys submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/diy to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned. Remember you can log in to the submission site at any time to check on the progress of your paper through the peer review process.

Sage Publishing disseminates high-quality research and engaged scholarship globally, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion in publishing. We encourage submissions from a diverse range of authors from across all countries and backgrounds.

Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society will be reviewed.

There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.

As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere. Please see our guidelines on prior publication and note that DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society will consider submissions of papers that have been posted on preprint servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines) and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system. Authors should not post an updated version of their paper on the preprint server while it is being peer reviewed for possible publication in the Journal. If the article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the Journal's author archiving policy.

If your paper is accepted, you must include a link on your preprint to the final version of your paper.

If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journal Solutions Portal.

  1. What do we publish?
    1.1 Aims & Scope
    1.2 Article types
    1.3 Writing your paper
  2. Editorial policies
    2.1 Peer review policy
    2.2 Authorship
    2.3 Acknowledgements
    2.4 Funding
    2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
    2.6 Research Data
  3. Publishing policies
    3.1 Publication ethics
    3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
    3.3 Open access and author archiving
  4. Preparing your manuscript
    4.1 Formatting
    4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
    4.3 Identifiable information
    4.4 Supplemental material
    4.5 Reference style
    4.6 English language editing services
  5. Submitting your manuscript
    5.1 ORCID
    5.2 Information required for completing your submission
    5.3 Permissions
  6. On acceptance and publication
    6.1 Sage Production
    6.2 Online First publication
    6.3 Access to your published article
    6.4 Promoting your article
  7. Further information
    7.1 Appealing the publication decision

1. What do we publish?

1.1 Aims & Scope

Before submitting your manuscript to DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope:

DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society is the first academic journal dedicated to the theme of DIY (do-it-yourself) and alternative cultures. It is a fully peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles focusing on all aspects of DIY and alternative cultural practice and consumption in a global context. The journal caters to a rapidly growing demand from an international community of scholars whose work focuses on a broad range of DIY cultural practices.

DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society is a strongly multidisciplinary journal. We welcome articles from the global community of scholars working on all aspects of DIY and alternative cultures (economies) in a broad range of academic fields, including, but not limited to: (cultural) sociology, (social) anthropology, urban and rural studies, (social) history, economics, (social, cultural and critical) geography, psychology, cultural studies, media studies, law, politics, (cultural) criminology, languages and linguistics, art and design, fashion studies, film studies, musicology and ethnomusicology, radio and journalism studies, fine arts, sound studies and popular music studies.

The journal also welcomes articles drawing on a wide range of conceptual approaches, including (but again not limited to) (post)structuralism, functionalism, social constructionism, conflict theory, behaviourism, homology, semiotics, symbolic interactionism, hermeneutics, ethnomethodology, phenomenology, critical theory, post-colonial theory and postmodernism. The journal also has a strong focus on empirically informed work, featuring articles based on the various social science methodologies ranging across quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods analysis: such methods will include (but again are not limited to), ethnography and virtual ethnography, archival research, visual analysis, textual analysis, social network analysis, multi-correspondence analysis, multiple regression analysis, diachronic and synchronic analysis, discourse analysis, and linguistic analysis.

The journal is keen to encourage submissions from both established and emerging scholars.

1.2 Article Types

Original articles of between 5,000 and 8,000 words including notes and references (there is no limit on the number of references; authors should also submit an abstract of 150 words and a list of up to 6 keywords).

Review articles of up 8000 words including notes and references (there is no limit on the number of references; authors should also submit an abstract of 150 words and a list of up to 6 keywords).

Book reviews up to a maximum of 1,000 words.

Please visit our Sage Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts.

1.3 Writing your paper

The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.

1.3.1 Make your article discoverable

For information and guidance on how to make your article more discoverable, visit our Gateway page on: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.

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2. Editorial policies

2.1 Peer review policy

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society adheres to a rigorous double-anonymized reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.

Sage does not permit the use of author-suggested (recommended) reviewers at any stage of the submission process, be that through the web-based submission system or other communication.

Reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Our policy is that reviewers should not be assigned to a paper if:

  • The reviewer is based at the same institution as any of the co-authors.
  • The reviewer is based at the funding body of the paper.
  • The author has recommended the reviewer.
  • The reviewer has provided a personal (e.g. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail) email account and an institutional email account cannot be found after performing a basic Google search (name, department and institution). An editor may make an exception to this rule when the editor knows the reviewer.

The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the Journal. In these cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.

2.2 Authorship

All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.

Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.

2.3 Acknowledgements

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.

Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.

Per ICMJE recommendations, it is best practice to obtain consent from non-author contributors who you are acknowledging in your paper.      

2.3.1 Third-party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:

  • Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input
  • Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
  • Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. conflicting interests, funding, etc.

Where appropriate, Sage reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.

2.3.2 Writing assistance

Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.

2.4 Funding

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading.  Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. 

2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the Sage Journal Author Gateway.

2.6 Research data

The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency, and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.

Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:

  • Share your research data in a relevant public data repository
  • Include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, use the statement to confirm why it cannot be shared.
  • Cite this data in your research

Peer reviewers may be asked to peer review the research data prior to publication.

  • Peer reviewers may be asked to assess compliance with the research data policy
  • Peer reviewers may be asked to assess research data files

If you need to anonymize your research data for peer review, please refer to our Research Data Sharing FAQs for guidance. 

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3. Publishing Policies

3.1 Publication ethics

Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway.

3.1.1 Plagiarism

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the Journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take actions including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; and/or taking appropriate legal action.

3.1.2 Prior publication

If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.

3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement

Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway.

3.3 Open access and author archiving

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.

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4. Preparing your manuscript for submission

4.1 Formatting

The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. A LaTex template is available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.

4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics

For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.

4.3 Identifiable information

Where a journal uses double-anonymised peer review, authors are required to submit:

  1. version of the manuscript which has had any information that compromises the anonymity of the author(s) removed or anonymized. This version will be sent to the peer reviewers.
  2. separate title page which includes any removed or anonymised material. This will not be sent to the peer reviewers.

See https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/Manuscript-preparation-for-double-anonymized-journal for detailed guidance on making an anonymous submission.

Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online.

4.4 Supplemental material

This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.

4.5 Reference style

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society adheres to the Sage Harvard reference style. View the Sage Harvard guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.

If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the Sage Harvard EndNote output file.

4.6 English language editing services

Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Language Services. Visit Sage Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.

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5. Submitting your manuscript

DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society is hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/diy to login and submit your article online.

IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the Journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created.  For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.

5.1 ORCID

As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.

The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.

If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.

5.2 Information required for completing your submission

You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. If a significant part of the work has been conducted at two institutions, the author should mention both. At this stage, please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).

5.3 Permissions

Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway.

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6. On acceptance and publication

6.1 Sage Production

Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be made available to the corresponding author via our editing portal Sage Edit or by email, and corrections should be made directly or notified to us promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.

6.2 Online First publication

Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.

6.3 Access to your published article

Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.

6.4 Promoting your article

Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.

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7. Further information

Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society editorial office as follows:

Email: dacsjournal@gmail.com

7.1 Appealing the publication decision

Editors have very broad discretion in determining whether an article is an appropriate fit for their journal. Many manuscripts are declined with a very general statement of the rejection decision. These decisions are not eligible for formal appeal unless the author believes the decision to reject the manuscript was based on an error in the review of the article, in which case the author may appeal the decision by providing the Editor with a detailed written description of the error they believe occurred.

If an author believes the decision regarding their manuscript was affected by a publication ethics breach, the author may contact the publisher with a detailed written description of their concern, and information supporting the concern, at publication_ethics@sagepub.com

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