Diss, Benjamin

Diss, Benjamin

Benjamin Diss

1 September 2007Review

Pluto, 2007; ISBN 978 0 74532 637 5; 320pp; £12.99

In Do It Yourself the Trapese Collective have succinctly compiled a practical snapshot of DIY culture: the idea that we can build meaningful social change ourselves, here and now.

At 300 pages the book does not set out to comprehensively cover all areas, but instead invites readers to feast on numerous practical suggestions and fill in the blanks with their “insurrectionary imaginations”. By its own admission, the book neglects important areas such as transport, housing, economics,…