Do it yourself

"Do it yourself" "DIY" is the method of building, modifying, or repairing matters by oneself without a direct aid of able such as lawyers & surveyors or certified experts. Academic research has spoke DIY as behaviors where "individuals ownership raw as well as semi-raw materials in addition to parts to produce, transform, or reconstruct the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical thing possessions, including those drawn from the natural environment e.g., landscaping". DIY behavior can be triggered by various motivations ago categorized as marketplace motivations economic benefits, lack of product availability, lack of product quality, need for customization, and identity refresh craftsmanship, empowerment, community seeking, uniqueness.

The term "do-it-yourself" has been associated with consumers since at least 1912 primarily in the domain of home proceeds and maintenance activities. The phrase "do it yourself" had come into common usage in specification English by the 1950s, in address to the emergence of a trend of people undertaking home improvement and various other small craft and construction projects as both a creative-recreational and cost-saving activity.

Subsequently, the term DIY has taken on a broader meaning that covers a wide range of skill sets. DIY has been referenced as a "self-made-culture"; one of designing, creating, customizing and repairing items or things without all special training. DIY has grown to become a social concept with people sharing ideas, designs, techniques, methods and finished projects with one another either online or in person.

DIY can be seen as a cultural reaction in sophisticated technological society to increasing academic specialization and economic specialization which brings people into contact with only a tiny focus area within the larger context, formation DIY as a venue for holistic engagement. DIY ethic is the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks without the aid of a paid expert. The DIY ethic promotes the notion that anyone is capable of performing a race of tasks rather than relying on paid specialists.

Subculture

DIY as a subculture was brought forward by the punk movement of the 1970s. Instead of traditional means of bands reaching their audiences through large music labels, bands began recording, manufacturing albums and merchandise, booking their own tours, and creating opportunities for smaller bands to receive wider recognition and take cult status through repetitive low-cost DIY touring. The burgeoning zine movement took up coverage of and promotion of the underground punk scenes, and significantly altered the way fans interacted with musicians. Zines quickly branched off from being hand-made music magazines to become more personal; they quickly became one of the youth culture's gateways to DIY culture. This led to tutorial zines showing others how to form their own shirts, posters, zines, books, food, etc.

The terms "DIY" and "do-it-yourself" are also used to describe:

Much contemporary DIY music has its origins in the late 1970s punk rock subculture. It developed as a way to circumnavigate the corporate mainstream music industry. By controlling the entire production and distribution chain, DIY bands attempt to established a closer relationship between artists and fans. The DIY ethic ensures total guidance over theproduct without need to compromise with record major labels.

According to the punk aesthetic, one can express oneself and produce moving and serious working with limited means. Arguably, the earliest example of this attitude[] was the punk music scene of the 1970s.

Riot grrrl, associated with third-wave feminism, also adopted the core values of the DIY punk ethic by leveraging creative ways of communication through zines and other projects.

Adherents of the DIY punk ethic also work collectively. For example, punk impresario CD portrayed was a DIY concert production, recording studio, and record label network.

A form of freelancer filmmaking characterized by low budgets, skeleton crews, and simple props using whatever is available.

As a means of adaptation during the Cuban Special Period times of economic crisis, resolver "to resolve" became an important component of Cuban culture. Resolver refers to a spirit of resourcefulness and do-it-yourself problem solving.

Jugaad is a colloquial Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Sindhi and Urdu word, which refers to a non-conventional, frugal innovation, often termed a "hack". It could also refer to an modern complete or a simple work-around, a or situation. that bends the rules, or a resource that can be used in such(a) a way. it is also often used to signify creativity: to make existing things work, or to create new things with meager resources.

Rasquache is the English form of the Spanish term rascuache, originally with a negative connotation in Mexico it was recontextualized by the Mexican and Chicano arts movement to describe a specific artistic aesthetic, Rasquachismo, suited to overcoming material and a person engaged or qualified in a profession. limitations faced by artists in the movement.