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Labor, Production, and Value in YouTube Building Explainers

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Adam Sharr

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Abstract

This short article recognizes the online academy of YouTube building explainers, which spans construction and design. Specifically, I examine one UK-based, English-language online channel named The Gosforth Handyman. The channel is presented by builder Andy Mac and it currently has 285,000 subscribers (at the time of writing in November 2024). I will study here how video explainers like those of Andy Mac simultaneously disrupt, reinforce and extend relations between labor and design in the production of built space. And I hope to explore the cultural consequences of such videos.

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Author(s): Sharr A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: PLATFORM

Year: 2024

Online publication date: 13/11/2024

Acceptance date: 10/11/2024

Date deposited: 12/11/2024

Publisher: PLATFORM

URL: https://www.platformspace.net/home/labor-production-and-value-in-youtube-building-explainers

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/zf3r-s484

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