“The punk and the post-developing city: Subculture-led urban regeneration in Seoul?” by Hyunjoon Shin

Abstract: “Contrary to conventional wisdom, subculture is not completely separable from urban regeneration. Taking the case of underground punk subculture in Seoul, Korea, which relocated from the gentrified neighborhood of Hongdae to the dilapidated Mullae, I focus on the spatial practices of the key members of this subculture, rather than taking for granted the notion of rebellion within a dichotomous structure. Before discussing the places and the actors of the case study, the key concept of subculture is investigated. Then, the mobility, place-making, international-cum-translocal connections and everyday negotiations of the subcultural actors are examined. The vernacular concept of ‘youth as surplus’ is developed to explain the pure energy engendered by the subculture and the ironic relation between subculture and urban transformation in both local and translocal scales.”

 

The article is available, in English, at ScienceDirect.

 

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2019

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Hyunjoon Shin

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Elsevier