Interview

“Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures

Number: 26 May 23, 2025
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“Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures

Abstract

Hüseyin Serbes: Stuart Hall argues that “no archive arises out of thin air” (2001, p. 89) and sees the archive as a creative entity in an unending state of becoming. For some time now, I have been researching in the London College of Communication’s special archive at Elephant and Castle, a collection that constantly encourages new work in a dialogical relationship. In the library and private archive, the first part that caught my eye and excited me in the ‘living archive’ as theorised by Hall was ‘subcultures’. How would you define subcultures?

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Cultural Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Interview

Publication Date

May 23, 2025

Submission Date

December 15, 2024

Acceptance Date

January 20, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 26

APA
Serbes, H. (2025). “Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures. 4. BOYUT Medya Ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, 26, 177-188. https://doi.org/10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814
AMA
1.Serbes H. “Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2025;(26):177-188. doi:10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814
Chicago
Serbes, Hüseyin. 2025. “‘Sounds, Styles, Customs’: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures”. 4. BOYUT Medya Ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, nos. 26: 177-88. https://doi.org/10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814.
EndNote
Serbes H (May 1, 2025) “Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi 26 177–188.
IEEE
[1]H. Serbes, “‘Sounds, Styles, Customs’: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures”, 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, no. 26, pp. 177–188, May 2025, doi: 10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814.
ISNAD
Serbes, Hüseyin. “‘Sounds, Styles, Customs’: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures”. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 26 (May 1, 2025): 177-188. https://doi.org/10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814.
JAMA
1.Serbes H. “Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2025;:177–188.
MLA
Serbes, Hüseyin. “‘Sounds, Styles, Customs’: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures”. 4. BOYUT Medya Ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi, no. 26, May 2025, pp. 177-88, doi:10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814.
Vancouver
1.Hüseyin Serbes. “Sounds, Styles, Customs”: A Conversation on the Ethnographic Journey of Subcultures. 4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2025 May 1;(26):177-88. doi:10.26650/4boyut.2025.1601814