Anarchists, Punks and Vegans - oh my! Ethnography of an anti-capitalist Community of Dissent

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Although ethnographies dealing with anti-capitalist activism, veganism or the \npunk scene are far from uncommon, until recently the temptation has been to view \nthese groups as separate and distinct, rather than diffuse and overlapping. Using \ndata gathered during interviews and participant observation in some parts of urban \nNew Zealand, this study offers a sketch of the boundaries of the Community \nembodied by that overlap. Participants' own definitions for key terms such as \nanarchism, punk and capitalism/consumerism are presented and scrutinised in \norder to provide a starting point for this analysis. A lineage of thought is \njuxtaposed with each of these terms, with the intention of contesting some of the \npopular stereotypes surrounding them. The Community's own sense of difference \nis then explored through the responses of participants, which are analysed and \nsome commonalities suggested. The most critical of these is the perception \namongst participants of a greate

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