Independent publishing houses can occupy the space between theory and popular culture

Evidence

What we wanted was to produce the kind of books we’d want to read ourselves, but which weren’t being published anywhere. In mainstream media, the space that had drawn Tariq and myself towards theory in the first place — the music press, areas of the broadcast media — had disappeared. Effectively, that kind of discourse had been driven into exile online. So part of what Zer0 was about was harvesting the work that has been developed on the blog networks. Zer0 is about establishing a para-space, between theory and popular culture, between cyberspace and the university. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2065

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the recurring theme in this reading list of para-institutional spaces (magazines, imprints, grassroots infrastructure) fitting between academy and mainstream. — connects to: Independent publishing can revive a public intellectual discourse — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 292

Broader Connections

• Independent publishing can revive a public intellectual discourse #expands (0.82) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 292