Labor, Production, and Value in YouTube Building Explainers

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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Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
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2024-11-13
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https://doi.org/10.57711/zf3r-s484
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Innovations in Educational Methods
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Labor, Production, and Value in YouTube Building Explainers

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Innovations in Educational Methods
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Labor, Production, and Value in YouTube Building Explainers

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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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