Urban tribes

Urban tribes was a phrase firts introduced by Maffesoli  in his book Le Temps des Tribus in 1988. Basically it ment small groups of people formed social groups around what they and the collective group liked and enjoyed to do. E.g. a sports group would be a group of people who all played and enjoyed sport.

In class today we found out our 'tribe' by using a website called http://www.uktribes.com/ it gave us a list of possible tribes. Sadly i fitted non of them (social outcast) so i had to place my self within and group that seemed to fit me the best. According to uk tribes im alternative which is agroup fild with serveral sub-groups

Gamers

Emos

Scene Kids

Skaters

Metalheads

Young Alts

To be honest i only match to alternative as a whole not any of the sub groups anyway it say:
" Possessing an alternative taste in music and fashion no longer automatically denotes outsider status. Instead, this segment makes up a significant slice of the youth market, with the internet helping to smash the barriers to the Alternative lifestyle. An enthusiasm for indie fashion and band culture is now almost obligatory in the development of middle class teens".
Therfore the music consumpton of my group i believe to be fairly high but perhaps differnt to others.

The song i have chose "I bet you look good on the dancefloor" would probably fall under the group of Leading edge which is "Leading Edge tribes are the smallest segment in the youth market. However, they drive taste across virtually all other sectors, impacting on the listening habits and fashions of everyone from rural teenage Emos to the stars of US hip hop. These tribes stand at the gateway of popular culture, and are the main influence over other Tribes like the Young Alts. However, all of these Leading Edge Tribes are hard to manipulate"  this shows that the Artci Monkeys and bands of that genre would be small in comparision to other larger social groups.