“…Yet, only limited attention is given to the contextual settings in which DIYs emerge and establish. Existing studies do touch upon how transformations and tensions at the city-or district-wide scale, such as economic recession (Talen, 2015), privatisation (Volont, 2019) or exclusion from decision-making (Fabian & Samson, 2016), may spark civic initiatives. However, as studies such as Corijn and Groth (2005) allude to, citizen action can very well be kindled by the cultural and material nature of their immediate settings.…”