Sociology researchers at Temple University interviewed 61 Philadelphia baristas who work in gentrifying neighborhoods.
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When it comes to gentrification, Philadelphia baristas say they’re ‘part of the problem.’ But as low-wage workers, where else should they live and work?
There are far easier ways to consume music than buying records, which takes time, money and effort.
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Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
The independent owner-operated businesses that bring life to run-down neighbourhoods often have a hipster ethos.
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It’s easy to scorn the gentrifying hipster stereotype, but many inner-city neighbourhoods benefit from the distinctive mix of businesses and activities they pursue. So why should the suburbs miss out?
Hipsters take part in Berlin’s “Hipster Winter Cup” of throwing old vinyl records.
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Hipsters exhibit a nostalgia for the past that echoes right-leaning political movements around the world.
In Maboneng, bikes and bistros abound. In adjacent inner-city Johannesburg, people struggle to survive.
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Maboneng in Johannesburg represents one strand of the type of urban “development” that’s advocated for by the proponents of “global cities”.
Groomed to perfection.
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Over the past 30 years, capitalism has redefined the labour market – and with it, men.
Lygon Street, Brunswick East, Melbourne, 1956.
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From the 1960s, the backlash against inner-suburban clearances was led by the ‘trendies’.
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It’s been a long, slow decline, so can anyone solve the Great British cuppa crisis?
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New adult Ladybird books on The Hipster and The Husband fall flat.
Hipster couple.
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What will the hipster come to symbolise about life in the early twenty-first century when historians of the future reflect on this era?
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Gentrification is an immoral process - here’s why violent protest has a role to play in the fight against it.
Unlike manufacturing, craft involves risk and unpredictability.
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In a bid to capitalise on the “artisanal” trend, fast food companies are craft-washing their mass produced products.
The craft beer craze has taken hold of South Africa with many independent breweries making a name for themselves.
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In contrast to a decade ago, there are currently more than 150 craft breweries in South Africa, many shipping their products around the country.
We all play synth.
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The creative industries are no replacement for the manufacturing sector.