So close yet so far: DIY cultures in Portugal and Brazil

This article analyses how different forms of involvement in underground punk and/or alternative scenes develop into specific do-it-yourself (DIY) careers. From a corpus 214 interviews, the various DIY representations social practices held by Portuguese scene members are studied, especially regarding way they experience and knowledge, networks, skills. These particularly important terms their insertion labour market. At same time, centrality Brazil’s funk, electronica, rock is compared with context through recent analysis carried out Brazil 32 those – mostly women showing importance beyond Global North.